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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Reshaping The Narrative, Crystal Little Owl
Reshaping The Narrative, Crystal Little Owl
Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects
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The Links To Cancer: How Golf Became Dangerous And What We Can Do To Save The Game, Meredith Boos
The Links To Cancer: How Golf Became Dangerous And What We Can Do To Save The Game, Meredith Boos
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This study is a comprehensive meta-analysis on health claims linked to exposure to golf courses, more specifically the chemicals used to maintain their appearance. It provides a brief history of the golf industry and how its growth exacerbated the environmental impact as well as an explanation of the legal landscape that will affect golf course management. Golf courses can disrupt local ecologies, contaminate ground water, rivers, lakes and streams with run-off, and be responsible for the bioaccumulation of chemicals which remain dangerous for decades. Despite the adverse effects of golf courses on the environment, there remains an opportunity to transform …