Introduction This report was commissioned by lecturer Virginia Vansconcellos, Introductory Environmental Studies lecturer- International Pacific College. ... To be more specific, they paid attention to analysis the health effect of pollutants to local citizens. The result of the research indicates that Vedan has to paid 10.9 million dollars for the health effect causing to people from those province (Kiên, n.d). ...

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The issue addressed in the following study is how to plan for effective environmental education/education for sustainable development with an attempt at adopting an integrated approach to planning specific programs of study within the subject of geography. ... For the purpose of this study it will be assumed that ESD is an extension of EE rather than a separate entity and the interests they serve will be treated as an integrated approach to global concerns as is the case in the UK Geography National Curriculum (QCA, 2007.) ... The overlapping and divergent interests of EE and ESD Column Field...

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Throughout her book are countless case studies documenting the harmful effects that chemical pesticides have had on the environment. ... She was familiar with the studies of DDT and knew that it was dangerous and its effects on the environment. ... EPA passed numerous laws protecting the environment and human health, including a ban on domestic use of DDT due to its widespread overuse and harmful impact on the environment (Cafaro 2008). ... These specific examples of destructions, is that humans develop health problems from using chemicals that are often advertised as safe and found in many ...

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Throughout her book are countless case studies documenting the harmful effects that chemical pesticides have had on the environment. ... She was familiar with the studies of DDT and knew that it was dangerous and its effects on the environment. ... EPA passed numerous laws protecting the environment and human health, including a ban on domestic use of DDT due to its widespread overuse and harmful impact on the environment (Cafaro 2008). ... These specific examples of destructions, is that humans develop health problems from using chemicals that are often advertised as safe and found in many h...

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There has also been damage to local communities through destruction of farmland from polluted waters; streams and creeks face the same fate, not to mention the health issues and risks contamination of water poses.7 Environmental problems also take place by the dumping of drill cuttings onto the ground which prevent any growth of plants, trees and destroy natural topsoil.8 Not only is there environmental degradation, but also the destruction of natural beauty of the area. ... A report released by "Essential action and Global Change" in January 2000 claimed that almost every large multinationa...

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The official definition of an invasive species, according to the National Invasive Species Center, or NISIC, is a "non-native (or alien), to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm to human health" (What Is an invasive species" (28 Nov 2012). ... Another USGS study would take the "pied piper" approach to carp control, using pheromones manufactured to resemble those released by female carp to lure male carp to a specific location where they could be caught or poisoned (Hinterthuer 220-224). ...

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Health problems for the miners would also be a major factor in Antarctica, which may include fatal illnesses such as hypothermia. ... Several major studies show that the United States can meet a large share of its electricity needs from renewable resources at a modest cost, while reducing harmful air emissions, easing pressure on natural gas prices, and greatly diversifying the electricity mix. ...

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A case study in the Pacific islands that reflects the disobedience to the Earth Charter principles is the exploitation of the environment in the form of mining of phosphate in Nauru. ... By ethics of character, human beings are gratified to adapt to the extensionism approach of environmental ethics which entails to uphold the rights of all (that is, all life forms that have the capacity to feel), together without discrimination and moving towards a social and natural environment that supports bodily health, spiritual well- being and human dignity with special responsiveness to minorities and i...

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A case study in the Pacific islands that reflects the disobedience to the Earth Charter principles is the exploitation of the environment in the form of mining of phosphate in Nauru. ... By ethics of character, human beings are gratified to adapt to the extensionism approach of environmental ethics which entails to uphold the rights of all (that is, all life forms that have the capacity to feel), together without discrimination and moving towards a social and natural environment that supports bodily health, spiritual well- being and human dignity with special responsiveness to minorities and i...

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