Hi-Yield Agriculture,Inc

question 25

Multiple Choice

Hi-Yield Agriculture,Inc. ,makes a pesticide with a one-in-a-million risk to people of developing cancer from exposure.This substance must be

• A)disposed of before anyone develops cancer.
• B)registered before it is sold.
• C)taken off the market and placed in temporary storage.
• D)used only in a way that avoids exposure to people.

---

Definitions:

Sustainable Rate

A rate of growth or extraction that can be maintained over time without depleting resources or causing environmental damage.

Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs)

Limits (quotas) set by a government or a fisheries commission on the total number or total weight of a species that an individual fisher can harvest during some particular time period; fishers can sell (transfer) the right to use all or part of their respective individual quotas to other fishers.

TAC

Total Average Cost, the sum of all production costs divided by the number of goods produced, indicating the average cost per unit of product.

Arms Race

A competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces and military technology, often leading to increased military spending and stockpiling of weapons.