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Question (TCO 8) As the Ojibwa people of Grassy Narrows found out, the symptoms of methyl mercury poisoning mimic the effects of: Question (TCO 8) Which of the following is not part of the UN Development Programme’s Human Development Index? Question (TCO 8) What does the HDI (Human Development Index) measure? Question (TCO 8) Ulrich Beck argues that the driving force behind the risk society can be characterized by which of the following statements? Question (TCO 8) The chapter concludes by ...

Question (TCO 8) What term is not … with Amartya Sen’s theory of justice? Question (TCO 8) The main point of John Rawls’ discussion of justice is that: Question (TCO 8) A University of Massachusetts study refutes claims of pervasive environmental racism. Which of the following statements characterizes how this study was … ? Question (TCO 8) Which system is tightly … ? Question (TCO 8) Kai Erikson calls human induced disasters a “new species of trouble” because they have which of th...