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This is the only environmental casebook of its kind, presenting current and classic cases with the detail required for students to experience serious and complex issues. The authors present cases of immediate interest to students in a balanced and impartial manner.
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Newton and Dillingham (both of Fairfield U.) present ten essays treating different issues of the environment as a supplement to undergraduate environmental ethics classes. The essays explain the basics of the controversies surrounding such issues as genetically modified organisms, overpopulation and population control measures, the effects of global warming, the threatened great apes species, the legacy of the chemical disaster in Bhopal India, the emergence of antibiotic resistance, deforestation, and nuclear waste cleanup. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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