Evaluate at least five major environmental risks you have faced in the past year. List the risks you have encountered and rank them from most harmful to least harmful (in terms of increasing the chances of dying in any given year). Support your ranking with explanations.
What will be an ideal response?
Refer to Table 8.4 on p. 174 in textbook. Answers should include items listed here in the correct order (ranked from most to least harmful) based on risk.
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