STS Issues Brief Definition Pro/ Benefit Con / Disadvantages

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STS Unit 3: Specific Issues in Science, Technology and Society

1. Health Issues of the Society


Issues Brief Definition Pro/ Benefit Con / Disadvantages
a. Organ and Blood
Donation
b. Genetically Modified
Organisms in
Agriculture
c. Gene therapy (stem
Cells)
d. Cloning

2. Environmental Issues
Cause Effect Remediation
a. Global Warming
and Climate
Change
b. Ozone Layer
Depletion
c. Acid Rain
d. Eutrophication
e. Biological
magnification
f. Coral Bleaching
g. Desertification
h. Energy Sources
and Crisis
i. Waste
Management and
Disposal
j. Loss of
Biodiversity
3. Environmental Disasters
Issues Brief description Effect
a. Chernobyl
b. Bhopal Union carbide
c. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
d. Minamata and Itai-itai Disease
e. The Philippine Trash slide

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