Human-made

Is the risk Natural or Human-made -- Natural risks, like cancer-causing radiation from the sun or the toxic effects of some herbal medicines, scare us less than human-made risks, like cancer-causing radiation from nuclear power or industrial pesticides on fruits and vegetables.

David Ropeik: Thinking, Fast and Slow... About Staying Alive -- What's Missing From Kahneman's Classic David Ropeik 2011

Human-made risks are scarier than natural threats.

David Ropeik: Oil Spills and the Human Response to Catastrophe David Ropeik 2010

Human-made products, such as cars, houses, and machinery; and land, which refers to spatial locations, along with the natural resources within those locations.

Creating a Geonomic Political Party in New York State 2009

Human-made climate change threatens our country and planet while hyper-partisanship and special interest money seem to be in the saddle in Washington.

Mark Green: Progressive Patriotism: How the 44th President Can Change Washington and America 2008

Human-made fires in the montane forest of Mount Nimba are believed to have assisted in the process of forest conversion to grassland during recent millennia.

Guinean montane forests 2007

Human-made laws are to keep things in order, but again, in my opinion, they are made to keep the ruling class in power as long as possible.

Think Progress » VIDEO: Fox News Guest Claims ‘It’s Time To Have A Muslims Check-Point Line In American Airports’ 2006

Is the risk Natural or Human-made -- Natural risks, like cancer-causing radiation from the sun or the toxic effects of some herbal medicines, scare us less than human-made risks, like cancer-causing radiation from nuclear power or industrial pesticides on fruits and vegetables.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com David Ropeik 2011

Human-made wetlands are as important as natural wetlands, and the largest human-made wetland is a paddy rice field (130,000,000 ha) taking about 18% of total global wetland, which is second only to natural fresh wetlands.

Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News 2010

Human-made climate change has become an issue of surpassing importance to humanity, and global warming is the first order manifestation of increasing greenhouse gases that are predicted to drive climate change.

The Guardian World News 2010

Human-made wetlands are as important as natural wetlands, and the largest human-made wetland is a paddy rice field (130,000,000 ha) taking about 18% of total global wetland, which is second only to natural fresh wetlands.

Cost-Benefit News CostBenefit 2010