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Analyze the impact of environmental stressors and how it impacts human beings. How do ambient temperature, lighting, and atmospheric chemicals affect human beings? Evaluate and describe how natural disasters influence human behavior. Support your answer with citations.

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Environmental stressors have a huge impact on human beings. For instance, Washington State has a higher suicide rate because of the consistent rain and clouds. In Arizona, the weather is sunny and hot with little clouds and rain so the suicide rate is lower. Weather is a good example of environmental stressors, which I recommend using in your paper. Newspaper articles are a good reference source to use. Use what information you have knowledge on as ...

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