This power point presentation summarizes mineral and food resources. It discusses how minerals like iron, copper and gold are used for building, alloys and jewelry. It also addresses the adverse effects of mining, such as land degradation, air pollution and impacts on local populations. For food resources, it describes crops, livestock and aquaculture as major sources and issues like undernutrition, malnutrition and overnutrition. A case study on the toxic effects of the pesticide Endosulfan used in Indian cashew plantations is also presented.

1. A POWER POINT
PRESENTATION
ON
MINERAL RESOURCES
&
FOOD RESOURCES
BY
ERIN DAVIS
BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

2. MINERAL
RESOURCES

3. INTRODUCTION
The world is now thought to be
about 4.55 billion years old,
just about one-third of the
13.75-billion-year age
estimated for the universe.
Birth rate:
19.15births/1,000 population
(2011)
Death rate:
8.12 deaths/1,000 population
(July 2011)

4. MINERAL RESOURCE
It is the class of non-renewable
finite natural resource
solid inorganic
substances
Characteristic
crystalline form
 Homogeneous
chemical composition

5. Is ice a mineral?....
Although liquid water is not a mineral, it is a
mineral when it freezes. Ice is a naturally
occurring, inorganic solid with a definite
chemical composition and an ordered
internal structure

6. Mineral Uses
Metallic
Iron Building industrial uses
Copper Alloys,electrical products
Gold Jewellery,Monetary purpose
Titanium Aircraft
Non-Metallic
Salt Metallurgy,chemicals
Potassium
Sulphur
Asbestos
Chemicals,fertilizers
Iron & steel industry,acid
Roofing,insulation

7. ADVERSE EFFECTS
• 40% of mining area is for waste disposal
• Deforestation
• Degradation of land
• Air pollution due to emission of dust &
gases
• Rehabilitation of affected population like
tribals
• Adverse impact on historical monuments

8. RESPONSES TO LIMITED AVAILABILITY
 Find more sources
 Find substitute
 Recycle
 Use less & make more efficient use of what
is available

9. FOOD
RESOURCES

10. INTRODUCTION
 It is consumed to
provide nutritional
support for the body.
 It is usually
of plant or animal
origin, and contains
essential nutrients, such
as carbohydrates, fats, p
roteins, vitamins,
or minerals.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
CARROTS ARE GOOD FOR
YOUR EYES?
YOU NEVER SEE A RABBIT
WEARING GLASSES !!!...

11. CROPS
Cultivated plants or
agricultural
produce, such as
grain, vegetables,
or fruit, considered
as a group: wheat &
rice are common
crop.

12. Domestic animal are
an important food
source.
Eg:- milk,meat
LIVESTOCK

13. Aquaculture
• Aquaculture-where fish and
shellfish are raised for food
• Supplies 20% of world’s
commercial food harvest
• Fish & sea food contribute
up to 1/2th of animal protein

15. UNDERNUTRITION
• Undernutrition-
Consuming
insufficient food to
meet
one’s minimum daily
energy
requirement for a long
enough time to cause
harmful effects

16. MALNUTRITION
• Malnutrition-Faulty nutrition.
• Caused by a diet that does not supply a persons
with enough protein, essential fats, vitamins,
minerals and other nutrients
Diseases
 Maramus-lack of protein & calories.
 Kwashiarkor-lack of protein
• learning disability
• failure to neural development

17. OVERNUTRITION
An excessive
intake of food,
especially fats

18. E
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Salinity
Fertilizers
Pesticides
Water logging

19. Case study
• Endosulfan, a highly toxic organochlorine
pesticide
• (1978-2001 ) regularly 3 times per year in the
cashew plantations in Kasaragod
• As early as 1979, new born -calves stunted and
deformed limbs
• By 1990s serious health disorders began.
• Children - mental retardation, physical
deformities etc.
• Men and women-chronic ailments

20. HEALTH EFFECTS OF ENDOSULFAN
36%
14%
8%25%
16.60%
Out of the total identified
cases (4500)
Neurobehavioral &
cognitive disorders
Endocrine & reproductive
disorders
Cancer
Allergic diseases, skin &
respiratory illness
Multiple congenital
disorders (including
skeletal deformities)

24. THE
END