Wellness and Environment

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Palm oil is an oil that is used in many processed foods and is cheap to buy because much of the production is done illegally in protected rainforests.

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True

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The burning of rainforest in Malaysia's peat land is releasing what into the environment?

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About 10 times as much Carbon Dioxide as burning normal forest.

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Why is it important to limit the amount of antibiotics that we use?

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Because if used incorrectly or for the wrong reason superbugs/resistance can result

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Why is the rainforest a good place to find new antibiotics?

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It is a competitive environment with huge biodiversity and many undiscovered species of plants.

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Antibiotics can treat viruses.

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False

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Clean water might become the next issue that countries go to war over.

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True

Front

Water pollution comes from the following sources... except: Sewage, Chemical waste, Animal farm run off, Saline

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Saline

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In India they are experiencing a water crisis because of drought and what other factor?

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Human sewage getting into the water supply and human feces on the ground.

Front

Why do fires contribute to global climate change?

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It sends soot particles into the air that deposit on the snowpack in Greenland causing the snow to turn black and speeding up the melting.

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Experts agree that we are ____ years ahead of the worst predictions of Greenland ice melt

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60 years