Environmental Hazards Kenya Lewis Environmental science Instructor: Donald Demoulin Everest University June 11‚ 2011 What are the four categories of human environmental hazards? Culture Hazards are a person risky choice of their lifestyle. People engage in risky behavior and subject themselves to hazards. They may smoke cigarettes‚ eat too much‚ drive too fast‚ use addictive and harmful drugs‚ consume alcoholic beverage‚ sunbathe‚ engage in risky sexual practices‚ get too little exercise
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Natural Hazards and Natural Disasters A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event will have a negative effect on humans. This negative effect is what we call a natural disaster. In other words when the hazardous threat actually happens and harms humans‚ we call the event a natural disaster. Natural Hazards (and the resulting disasters) are the result of naturally occurring processes that have operated throughout Earth’s history. Effects of Hazards Hazardous process of all
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What is a hazard? A Hazard is any existing or potential condition which by itself or by interaction with other variables (physical/ biological) can results in death‚ injury or chemical damage to persons‚ property‚ the environment and information. There are five main types of hazards that exist everywhere‚ They are chemical‚ physical‚ biological‚ ergonomical and psychosocial. Hazards at my work place At the University of the Southern Caribbean‚ I work in the House keeping department. This
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important for all employers in the company to implement their safety rules and comply with those rules. In all cases‚ the employer remains responsible for ensuring the safety of its workers. HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PORT There are safety and health hazards associated with the company. Safety Hazards: 1) Falls from Heights Many of the activities
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Seismic hazards have many different impacts around the world. An earthquake took place in Haiti 2010 and it was measured 7 on the Richter scale. The main hazard was the seismic waves caused by shifting rocks in an earthquake. There are two main types of waves‚ P waves and S waves. P waves travel through solids and liquids around 6-7 km/h and parallel through the rocks. S ways travel side ways at 2.5-4km/h and can only get through solids. Both waves can have a big impact on the community‚ a lot of
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SCIENCE HOMEWORK By Mahamed.A Level 3 A hazard is a symbol that tells when something is dangerous. There could be a symbol when you are in a science lab an example of this is a hazard symbol stating that there is acids in the laboratory .There are lots of different symbols used to warn people about lots of different things. If there is a hazard symbol telling you not to do it then don’t because it is very likely that you will get hurt especially if acid goes into your skin. Level 3 (continued)
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Robot Hazards Introduction: the aim of this assignment is to gain general awareness and an understanding of the legal requirements and responsibilities that are involved in the safe working practices associated with robotic assisted manufacture. This is to be achieved by the identification of associated hazards with robotic applications and provide an understanding of how these hazards are overcome. Typical sources of hazards associated with robotic operations within the working environment include
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Sociological Explanations for the Existence and Persistence of Poverty Dependency based Explanations These sorts of explanations argue that the poor are in some way‚ the cause of their own poverty. At their most extreme‚ they suggest that the welfare system in Britain actually makes people dependant on it by providing an attractive alternative to work. Different approaches exist‚ based on: The dependency culture The culture of poverty The underclass The Dependant Individual This idea
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Natural Hazards – Bushfires A natural hazard is a natural event that has a significantly negative effect on people or the environment. Many natural hazards are related. For example drought can lead to famine and earthquakes can form tsunamis and landslides. Australia’s most common natural hazards are storms‚ cyclones‚ floods‚ droughts‚ heatwaves and bushfires. Natural Hazards have a major impact on Australian communities including loss of life‚ property damage‚ environmental destruction‚ and a
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THE HAZARDS OF UNSAFE DRIVING There are many hazards of unsafe driving. It is a known fact that speed kills! When you operate a motor vehicle it is a privilege. After thinking about my speeding ticket I realized there may have been far reaching circumstances as a result of my actions. For one thing I thought of my mother Romaneir‚ who loves me dearly‚ if anything were to happen to me it would completely devastate her life. And another thing is my little brother Miguel‚ who looks up to me‚ if
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