L48 Anthro 3283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Carbon-Burning Process, Muckraker, Aerial Application
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1968 exposure to mercury as a result of industrial dumping. Modernity and toxicity seem to be intertwined led to mercury poisoning. Regulation of carbon emissions result of industrialization. 92% of world population lives in places where air quality exceeds who limits. 90% of these air pollutions deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, with nearly 2 out of 3 occurring who"s south-east asia and western pacific regions. Studying disease specific to occupations and specific environments. Scurvy in sailors nutritional vitamin c deficiency. Cancer in chimney sweeps and coal miners: high rates of lung cancer due to exposure to coal. Gives rise to new things: the meat processing district in chicago the tradition to investigative journalism: formation of food and drug administration regulating food system, how prepared and packaged. Asbestos fiber that occurs naturally in the environment. United states toxic substances control act of 1976. Prohibition of asbestos in 1976 illegal inherently toxic.
