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Human Impact Case Studies. 1. Borneo & Malaria. Issue: People are dying from Malaria in Borneo. It’s a disease carried by mosquitoes. What would you do?. DDT. DDT pesticide Malaria & DDT Silent Spring and DDT. 2. Wetlands & Ducks in 1966. Issue:Ducks and other species are disappearing.
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1. Borneo & Malaria Issue: People are dying from Malaria in Borneo. It’s a disease carried by mosquitoes. What would you do?
DDT • DDT pesticide • Malaria & DDT • Silent Spring and DDT
2. Wetlands & Ducks in 1966 Issue:Ducks and other species are disappearing. How is this affecting the food web? What could be done?
3. Toxic Water • Toxic Mines • What organisms may be influenced? • What can we do now to help? • What can we do to prevent it from happening again? • 1952: Hinkley Groundwater contamination/ Erin Brockovich
acid rain • ACID RAIN 2 • What does it come from? • What abiotic and biotic factors are influenced? • What has been done to help?
4. Suburban Sprawl & Deer • What is it: When people build communities right on the edge of a natural habitat for a species – then many species will start to come into the developed land • Issue: • What to do? • http://ur.umich.edu/9596/May07_96/artcl18.htm, http://www.rpaforall.org/RPA%20Factsheet%205.pdf