Environmental Justice Is

question 13

Multiple Choice

Environmental justice is

• A) a particular way of examining the distributional effects of pollution and contamination.
• B) a program to compensate minorities and the poor for exposure to environmental hazards.
• C) part of CERCLA legislation that holds polluters responsible for natural resource damages.
• D) a specific bill associated with the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act that allows citizens to sue industrial polluters on behalf of the government.

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Definitions:

Centriole

A small, cylindrical cell structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells, involved in the process of cell division and in the formation of cilia and flagella.

Nourishment

The provision of food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

Reproductive Hormones

Hormones that play crucial roles in controlling the reproductive system processes, including sexual development, fertility, and pregnancy.

Gametes

Reproductive cells (sperm in males and eggs in females) that carry half the genetic information of an individual, involved in sexual reproduction.