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Technology in the Environment and Medicine

Technology in the Environment and Medicine. Greenhouse Effect. What is the Greenhouse effect? Greenhouse gasses: Carbon dioxide (55%) Chlorofluorocarbons (24%) Methane(~10%). Causes of the Greenhouse Effect. 57% - Energy Use and Production (fosill fuels)

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Technology in the Environment and Medicine

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  1. Technology in the Environment and Medicine

  2. Greenhouse Effect • What is the Greenhouse effect? • Greenhouse gasses: • Carbon dioxide (55%) • Chlorofluorocarbons (24%) • Methane(~10%)

  3. Causes of the Greenhouse Effect • 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

  4. Waste and Landfills • Ocean dumping • Trash burning • Landfills • Recycling • Dumpster Archeology

  5. Medicine and Technology See handout • Genetic Engineering • 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?

  6. Medical Technology • Product Testing (medical and consumer) • 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?

  7. Medical Technology • Fetal Testing • 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’?

  8. Medical Technology • RU-486 • 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?

  9. Dumpster Archeology (TCS # 4-7, 14,15 & 16)

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