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