1. Technological Hazards

2. What Are They?
Technological hazards are extremely wide-ranging, and include war, nuclear (radioactive) material, oil spills, industrial accidents, and contamination of water and soil.
In these hazards, the misuse of technology endangers lives and property.
It is generally people, not the technology, that have caused the disaster.

3. Classifying Technological Hazards
Multiple Extreme Hazards
Nuclear War (Radiation), Recombinant DNA, Pesticides.
Extreme Hazards
Intentional Biocides (Chainsaws, Antibiotics, Vaccines)
Persistent Teratogens (Uranium Mining, Rubber Manufacture)
Rare Catastrophes (Liquified Natural Gas Explosions, Commercial Aviation Crashes)
Common Killers (Automobile Crashes, Black Lung Disease; Coal Mining)
Diffuse Global Threats (CO2 Release, Ozone Depletion)
Hazards
Saccharin, Aspirin, Appliances, Skateboards, Bicycles)

4. Chernobyl; 1986
You are to watch a video about the Chernobyl disaster and create a case study about it focusing on the following…
Where, when, and why did it happen?
What were the effects (Social, Political, Economic, and Environmental)?
How was this disaster managed (before, during, and after)?