ENST 201 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I Big topics in video II Cancer III Type 2 Diabetes Outline of Current Lecture I Precautionary Principle II Chemicals III FILM Current Lecture I II Precautionary Principle a Proactive approach to regulation is important to protect public health b European union if something seems harmful they will take action to protect public health immediately c America Follows innocent until proven guilty it is hard for scientists to come up with a 100 proof i Relates to BPA because people did not believe it was harmful ii Only need to give a little doubt to public in order for them to go against making changes When looking at chemicals what do you look for a How much of it will it take to affect a normal average person i Must consider people who are ill or have a weakened immune system ii Must also look at how chemicals combine with chemicals in the atmosphere iii Regulatory system is not doing its job 1 Example mountain dew cannot be found in any other country because they believe the soda dye is very dangerous to consume Tylenol is also banned in countries 2 Supplements are not regulated at all many companies can get away with anything by labeling it natural These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute I FILM a 1 Mobility city was clogged with cars showed that city needed a better public transportation system it was difficult to instill a public transport system because the city was not very wealthy put in triple decked busses so one bus could carry more people busses were slowed by boarding time because people had to buy tickets on the bus He created the glass boarding tubes these made boarding busses quicker b 2 Sustainability He turned previously unusable lands into parks and in turn increased value of surrounding land near the park was a river that would flood often so the water was allowed to flood and power nearby powerplants Parks could not power all parts of Brazil especially places with slums c 3 Identity Slums are a hard place to live because they are built on wetlands because the people had no where else to go
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