Research Article
Assessment of Environmental Attitudes and Risk Perceptions among University Students in Mersin, Turkey
Table 3
The highest and lowest mean scores of five situations based on risk perception to faculty.
| | Risk perception: highest five situations | Risk perception: lowest five situations | Risk | Score | Risk | Score | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| Health Sciences | Radiation | | Overgrazing | | Organic pollutants | | Commercial fishing | | Hazardous waste | | Damming of rivers | | Sewage | | Hunting | | Heavy metals | | Clear-cut logging | |
| Engineering and Technology | Radiation | | Overgrazing | | Organic pollutants | | Commercial fishing | | Hazardous waste | | Hunting | | Sewage | | Damming of rivers | | The ozone hole | | Pesticides | |
| Educational Sciences | Organic pollutants | | Commercial fishing | | Radiation | | Overgrazing | | Global warming | | Damming of rivers | | Loss of wildlife habitat | | Hunting | | Acid rain | | Pesticides | |
| Social Sciences | Radiation | | Commercial fishing | | Organic pollutants | | Overgrazing | | Sewage | | Hunting | | GMOs | | Pesticides | | Loss of wildlife habitat | | Damming of rivers | |
| Total | Radiation | | Commercial fishing | | Organic pollutants | | Overgrazing | | Hazardous waste | | Hunting | | Sewage | | Damming of rivers | | Heavy metals | | Pesticides | |
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