Introduction Floods are a natural hazard. There have been many devastating floods in the past decade. Different countries have reacted differently during and after the floods have occurred. Some countries have needed economic help during these times. Some countries were able to give detailed warning and saved many lives in doing so. Developed countries have the money to warn its people of any floods or other natural hazards which may affect a community. Developing countries often do not have the
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HAZARDS EXAMPLE PHOTO Lava flows burn and bury crops. Mount Merapi‚ Indonesia - More than 350 people were killed. An estimated 75‚000 residents had been evacuated from the area between October to November 2010. Ash falls ruin crops and machinery‚ disrupt transport‚ pollute the air and cause breathing difficulties. Mount Etna‚ Italy - Grapes needed to be washed individually before consumption to avoid ingesting fine ash. This effectively ruined the grape crop economically‚ even though the
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The four categories of human environmental hazards include cultural‚ physical‚ chemical‚ and biological hazards Environmental cultural hazard is the risk of damage to the environment involving air pollution form all of the massive factory’s and mills that are placed around the earth. Water pollution is a main hazard because it kills a lot of the aquatic life that we as humans feed on and it also kills the food that the food we eat feeds off to survive. Toxins like all of our trash that is getting
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SUMMARY Moral Hazard in Equity Contracts: The Principal-Agent Problem The separation of ownership and control involves moral hazard‚ in that the managers (the agents) may act in their own interest rather than in the interest of the stockholder-owners (the principals) because the managers have less incentive to maximize profits than the stockholder-owners do. Tools to Help Solve the Principal-Agent Problem Production of Information: Monitoring Stockholders engage in a particular type of information
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The Four Hazards The Four Hazards Samantha De Zee Environmental Science Natural Hazards: Cultural‚ Biological‚ Physical and Chemical An altogether diverse viewpoint is carried into center as we think as of a portion of the natural perils that go hand in hand with streamlined development and concentrated farming. A portion of the most hazardous dangers in this planet are the conclusion of perfectly voluntary conduct---specifically‚ smoking tobacco and taking part in unsafe sexual movement
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BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS Biological hazard are acquired from disease causing microorganism and the poisonous toxins they may produce. Biological hazard are far the most dangerous foodborne hazard in the food service and food retail businesses. These includes harmful microorganism seen only in the microscope 1. BACTERIA 2.VIRUSES 3. PARASITES 4. MOLDS 5. YEAST Other living organism are: • Insects: RODENTS FARM ANIMAL DOMESTIC PETS BIRDS FISH PLANTS TRANSMIT DISEASE TO HUMAN BEING
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HAZARD amphetamines Many women are vying to be skinny to look attractive so that they select a shortcut‚ using slimming products. Though slimming products are not necessarily safe. Some slimming products found to contain a compound called amphetamines. Amphetamine is a compound that is quite commonly found in products slimming (weight loss)‚ which claims the product is free from hazardous substances. At first‚ circa the 1960s‚ amphetamines may be freely used for weight loss. Amphetamines suppress
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Web Hazard Internet access can be neglectful to people and to their loved ones. Internet addictions may cause the person to be more obsessed with the computer‚ to avoid family time‚ and to be stuck in a fantasy world. Many people to spend more and more time at the computer‚ which can be addictive. According to Payne’s article‚ “On such boards [Internet Addicts Anonymous‚ Gaming Addiction and Internet Addicts Recovery Club]‚ posters admit that they feel as though they can’t step away from the computers
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Hazard identification Malathion is an insecticide that is used primarily on crops to control insects. Malathion brakes down quickly when exposed to the elements like soil‚ water‚ and sunlight. Normally people are not exposed to this insecticide unless they are in the vicinity of the area that is being sprayed. Then the risk will be the spray that is in the air‚ or on surfaces that have been touched. (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov) Malathion affects how the brain and the nervous system
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) A volcanic hazard is a situation that poses a threat to life‚ the environment‚ and infrastructure after a volcanic eruption. Volcanoes are formed at various plate boundaries‚ such as at mid oceanic ridges where plates are moving apart‚ for example at the Mid Atlantic ridge. They also occur on or near subduction zones. The ‘ring of fire’ tends to be where the most violent volcanic activity occurs.
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