Question

Which of the following arguments would someone who believes the agricultural revolution had a negative impact on civilization possibly make?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Population Density and Urbanization

The agricultural revolution in developing countries has produced large resident human populations with the potential for direct person-to-person spread of infection and greater environmental contamination by feces. In addition, animal husbandry has created other cycles for parasite transmission, for example Cryptosporidium spp. in calves. Rapid urbanization, especially in the tropics, is often associated with increased poverty, poor housing and unsanitary conditions. The result is that people may be living in a more fecally polluted environment than in rural areas, encouraging such diseases as amebiasis and giardiasis. Epidemics, such as outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis, may occur when public water supplies become fecally contaminated.1 Cyclospora cayetanensis is transmitted via contaminated produce and contaminated drinking water. The soil-transmitted nematodes Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura are often more common in towns and cities. Overcrowding favors direct transmission of Hymenolepis nana and Enterobius vermicularis, especially in children when levels of hygiene and sanitation are poor.