SOC100H5 Chapter Notes -Port Radium, Resource Mobilization, The Incentive
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Global warming: global warming: the gradual worldwide increase in average surface temperature, just one-metre rise in sea level would flood 12% sa of heavily populate egypt and. Genetic pollution: genetic pollution: the potential dangers of mixing the genes of one species with those of another. The social distribution of risk: trailer parks and tornados, more economically disadvantaged and therefore more likely to be severely affected, canada and uranium, uranium for hiroshima came from port radium in nwt (world"s first uranium. Mine: local hunters and tapper were recruited to haul sacks of raw ore to fort. Learning objectives: large corporations patent genetic material with commercial value in agriculture or medicine, the farmers, indigenous people and scientists are not compensated. What is to be done: the market and high-tech solutions, high-tech solutions will allow for us to overcome many environmental problems and the incentive of profit will drive the research, the case of oil, three uncontrollable factors.
