Which of the Following Would Be Considered a Manufactured Risk

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered a manufactured risk according to German sociologist Ulrich Beck?

• A)Florida being pummeled with four hurricanes during 2004
• B)the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear disaster in Pennsylvania
• C)the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina
• D)the smog and toxic gases released by the eruption of Washington State's Mount St.Helens in 1980 and 2004
• E)the destruction of Pompeii

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