Transcript Technology and the Environment

Technology in the Environment
and Medicine
Greenhouse Effect
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What is the Greenhouse effect?
Greenhouse gasses:
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Carbon dioxide (55%)
Chlorofluorocarbons (24%)
Methane(~10%)
Causes of the Greenhouse Effect
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57% - Energy Use and Production (fosill
fuels)
17% - Emissions of CFC’s (aerosol cans)
14% - Agricultural practices (cultivation
and burning of prairies)
9% - Modification of land (clear cutting)
3% - Other industrial emissions
Waste and Landfills
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Ocean dumping
Trash burning
Landfills
Recycling
Dumpster Archeology
Medicine and Technology
See handout
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Genetic Engineering
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How would you feel if you were Terry Connelly?
Would you want a family if you knew you had
Huntington's Chorea or another genetic disorder?
Would you tell your family and friends?
Do you think money should be spent on mapping
genes?
Should Douglas planned on having children?
Would you pick the traits of your children in the
future if that was available?
What if they were suspect of a defective gene?
Could this technology be used maliciously?
Medical Technology
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Product Testing (medical and consumer)
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Is testing on animals ethical?
Are there some animals that should be used and
others that should not?
How reliable are these tests?
What if everyone tested their theories on animals?
Is it ethical to raise animals for testing?
What are some other options?
Medical Technology
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Fetal Testing
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Is it ethical to use the tissue of a fetus for research?
If you or your parents had Parkinson's disease, how
would you feel about fetal testing?
If you or your partner had an abortion, how would
you feel about the use of the fetus for testing?
Would this effect the decision to abort?
What about farming fetus’?
Medical Technology
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RU-486
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If RU-486 can cure cancer should it be used?
If RU-486 is available to treat cancer it culd
be used for abortions, is this ethical?
Because RU-486 is non-surgical, is it more
ethical than surgical abortion?
Is it ethical for the government to only fund
non-abortion uses for RU-486?
What about other government funding?
Dumpster Archeology
(TCS # 4-7, 14,15 & 16)