One problem with the ____________________ is that chemicals would require thorough toxicity screening, making it very expensive to introduce any new chemicals into society.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
precautionary principle
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What will be an ideal response?
What are some of the drawbacks of nuclear energy?
a. Overheating or meltdown might cause a steam explosion b. A nuclear power plant might explode like an atomic bomb c. It yields radioactive nuclear waste that is difficult to store d. The cooling tower requires significant clean water resources e. Both a and c
The majority of the increase in heat input to the Earth as a result of global warming has ended up in ________.
A. the oceans B. the continents C. the atmosphere D. glaciers E. sea ice
Environmental ethics is best defined as ________
A) studying the rightness and wrongness of human actions B) studying the economic value of all living things in their environment C) actions taken by humans in the environment in which they live that have impact D) studying the moral relationships of humans to the environment and the environment's living organisms E) the extrinsic value placed on people, organisms, and objects in the environment