Public Awareness of the Effect of Pollution on the Environment

question 138

Multiple Choice

Public awareness of the effect of pollution on the environment increased during the 1960s, in part due to:

• A) the organic revolution
• B) the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico
• C) the publication of Rachel Carson's "A Cleaner World"
• D) the Exxon Valdez oil spill
• E) none of the other choices are correct

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Definitions:

Macrosociological Theory

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