HCSV 362 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ozone Depletion, Kyoto Protocol, Urban Decay

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Health and Community Services
• Course: HCSV 362
• Professor: Dianna Flannery

Document Summary

The placement of low-income or minority communities in the proximity of environmentally hazardous or degraded environments, such as toxic waste, pollution and urban decay. What is global warming and what contributes/causes the problem? a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth"s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. Smog; induces chest pain, coughing, throat irritation, & congestion, & it can exacerbate respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma. An international treaty which extends the 1992 united nations. Framework convention on climate change (unfccc) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) man- made co2 emissions have caused it. Contributes to ozone depletion, health problems, & deaths. Nearly all water in the u. s. is disinfected with chlorine(the treatment most often used)