Effect of technology on environment
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This document discusses the impacts of technology on society and the environment. It notes that while technology has made life easier, it has also increased health risks and pollution. Advancements in areas like transportation, manufacturing, communication and weapons development have led to issues like poor air quality from vehicle and industrial emissions. As trade and commerce have grown due to technologies like faster transport, it has increased the environmental pollution of air, land and water through oil spills and toxic chemicals that harm wildlife.
Effect of technology on environment
- 1. UNDER GUIDANCE of Smt. C.B. NIRMALA Dy. Educational Officer Nampally Mandal Hyderabad
- 2. In today’s world, humans are in a very relaxed cycle : they eat, they watch television, they sleep. Most people do not realize the health risks they are taking everyday when they do their daily tasks. Humans are more reliant on machines to do simple activities, Such as changing the channel or travelling.
- 3. Technology does make activities uncomplicated, and genuinely makes life easier. But people are at great risk to their health with the advancements in technology. The air in cities was so full of smoke. This leads to poor air quality.
- 4. Not only have individuals fabricated new ways of entertainment, but have built factories, which pollute the air they breathe and water they drink. The agricultural system brought on a revolution. The need for employees brought mechanical robots into society.
- 5. Advancements in technology also brought the finer things in life, making it necessary for man to accelerate his economic growth. The development of many modern machines led to air pollution. The needs for transportation brought vehicles into the market.
- 6. Technology was used to speed up production and manufacture of goods To provide better transport and delivering as well as make the methods of communication not only faster but also, far reaching. Battles over land brought on the need for sophisticated weapons. Humans can cope with their physical environment.
- 7. Trade and Commerce flourished faster rates due to technological advancements and brought about globalization. People are always wanting a better lifestyle Therefore there is always something new arising.
- 8. As trade and commerce grew, the more it heightened the impact of technology on natural environment wherein air, land and water reached Certain degrees of pollution, degradation and contamination.
- 9. Oil spills such as the Exxon Valdez, result in the death of aquatic wildlife. The oil coats the animals bodies and smothers them. The oil is particularly dangerous to birds, because if the oil gets into the birds feathers, the birds can possibly die of hypothermia.
- 12. Sea otters ability to stay warm depends on how clean their fur is. When they are coated in oil, this inhibits their ability to stay warm. Not only are organisms affected by oil coating their bodies, but also by the toxic chemicals contained in oil.
- 13. The toxic chemicals can be ingested by the animals and the animals can become poisoned. The animals affected the most by oil spills like the Exxon Valdez are animals that are found on the sea surface or on the shore, such as birds and sea otters.
- 15. Important laws related :