Due to concerns about significant short- and long-term health issues after the 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig owned and operated by BP Oil, a prominent marine toxicologist recommended the evacuation of individual and families that lived proximately along the Gulf of Mexico. What is the term used to describe people who are forced to move following life-threatening natural of human-made environmental devastation?

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The term used to describe people who are forced to move following life-threatening natural or human-made environmental devastation is "environmental refugee." This option is the most appropriate term as it refers to people who are forced to leave their homes and become refugees due to environmental disasters, such as oil spills, droughts, hurricanes, and other events that make their living conditions uninhabitable. Choices A, B, and D do not accurately describe the situation as "environmental migrant" and "ecological victim" do not specify the forced nature of displacement, and "risk society casualty" is a broader term that encompasses various types of casualties in risk societies, not just environmental refugees.

Due to Concerns About Significant Short- and Long-Term Health Issues