Environmental Hazards

Examples of Environmental Hazards in the following topics:

• Deinococcus and Thermus

  • The Deinococcus-Thermus are a small group of bacteria composed of cocci highly resistant to environmental hazards.
  • The Deinococcus-Thermus are a small group of bacteria composed of cocci that are highly-resistant to environmental hazards.
  • This is the one genus of three of the Deinococcales group from the Deinococcus-Thermus phylum, and is highly-resistant to environmental hazards.

• Industrialization and the Environment

  • During the Industrial Revolution, environmental pollution increased with the use of new sources of fuel, the development of large factories, and the rise of unsanitary urban centers.
  • The Industrial Revolution brought enormous advances in productivity, but with steep environmental costs.
  • The environmental effects of industrialization were especially concentrated in cities.
  • Untreated human waste was a major environmental hazard as rapidly growing cities lacked sewer systems and relied on contaminated wells within city confines for drinking water supplies.
  • Thoreau also wrote on the subjects of natural history and philosophy and anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism.

• Physical Health

  • "Food deserts" are areas with low access to fresh produce and nutritious groceries, typically found in poor urban neighborhoods or isolated rural areas, and can be considered an environmental cause of negative health outcomes for the lower class.
  • "Food deserts" are areas with low access to fresh produce and nutritious groceries, typically found in poor urban neighborhoods or isolated rural areas, and can be considered an environmental cause of negative health outcomes for the lower class.
  • Social determinants are environmental, meaning that they are risk factors found in one's living and working conditions (including the distribution of income, wealth, influence, and power), rather than individual factors (such as behavioral risk factors or genetics).
  • Many social scientists hypothesize that the higher rate of illness among those with low SES can be attributed to environmental hazards.
  • Health inequality refers to the unequal distribution of environmental health hazards and access to health services between demographic groups, including social classes.

• Zygomycota: The Conjugated Fungi

  • The developing diploid zygospores have thick coats that protect them from desiccation and other hazards.
  • They may remain dormant until environmental conditions become favorable.

• Ten ways to minimize product waste

  • So the company began developing new product engineering concepts called "considered design" principles with the aim of reducing environmental impact, eliminating waste, using environmentally sustainable materials, and eliminating toxins in manufacturing processes and the shoes themselves.
  • Reduce the hazardous makeup of the product.
  • Reducing toxin use helps eliminate the often unconsidered expenses induced by hazardous materials.
  • Elsewhere, the Hollywood Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, replaced the hazardous mercury-based batteries in its portable cardiac monitoring equipment with environmentally friendly zinc-air batteries.
  • Switch to non-hazardous manufacturing methods.

• It's not just big business

  • The idea behind AB 32 is simple: to balance the reduction of hazardous emissions with incentives for improvement.
  • The irony is that environmental groups have been lobbying for such changes for years yet their efforts obtained fruition only after the local business community jumped on board.

• Recycling and industrial waste

  • This is particularly true with hazardous, concentrated substances found in industrial waste (many of which require expensive, specialized disposal methods).
  • Apparently, roads embedded with melted plastic last three times longer than conventional roads (although keep in mind that the environmental impact of this practice is unknown).

• Occupational Safety and Health Act

  • The goal of the OSHA Act is to make sure employers provide employees a place to work that is free from recognized hazards.
  • In addition to the noise they make, both machines emit Volatile Organic Compounds and other hazardous particles.
  • Its main goal is to ensure that employers provide employees with an environment free from recognized hazards, such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions.
  • In the mid-1960s, growing awareness of the environmental impact of many chemicals had led to a politically powerful environmental movement.
  • Employers must also communicate with employees about hazards in the workplace.

• Asymmetric Information: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard

  • In addition to adverse selection, moral hazards are also a result of asymmetric information.
  • A moral hazard can occur when the actions of one party may change to the detriment of another after a financial transaction.
  • For example, moral hazards occur in employment relationships involving employees and management.
  • A lack of equal information causes economic imbalances that result in adverse selection and moral hazards.
  • An insured driver getting into a car accident is an example of a moral hazard.

• Introduction to the Perils of Greenwashing

  • The term used to describe the deliberate distortion of the truth in order to make false environmental claims is called ‘greenwashing' and the legislation that covers this area is notoriously lax.
  • Other manufacturers have recognized that they too can burnish their environmental image – without having to do much – as a way of promoting their products.
  • In the spring of 2007, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing (a green-certification organization) sent researchers into six national retail businesses to gather data about ‘green' products.
  • Promoting the green side of hazardous products.