Arsenic

Canines are a great tool that is used widely across the world by both police and military. Having a K-9 as a resource can benefit the one using them greatly, this is because a “dogs nose is 40 times more powerful than a human nose” (Tyson, Peter ). With their nose being 40 times better than a humans nose they can pick up on things that humans can not, making the K-9 unit a great tool to sniff out drugs, bombs and picking up the scent of other humans. Dogs are trained at a young age to become a…

When it comes to our health, it is important to have our facts straight and adopt the habits that will ensure we have a healthy lifestyle. We, often unknowingly, pick up eating and lifestyle habits from our friends, family, popular society misconceptions or the media. Many of these habits are not necessarily healthy and are often, harmful. Health Tips, Myths, and Tricks by Morton E Tavel, MD offers a great variety of supported facts about everyday health concerns and clarifications about common…

Parents often have a large impact upon the way their children mature into adulthood. In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” Miss Emily Grierson’s actions are influenced by her father. Emily lives in an old, dilapidated farmhouse in a small town in Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, between 1861 and 1933. Emily’s father shelters her for her entire life and keeps her all to himself. Rarely allowed outside of the house, she is hardly able to socialize with the people in the town. Her…

Frack Off Marissa and Derek Smith and their kids from Pennsylvania cannot live a healthy life any longer. There are ten Hydraulic Fracking wells on their property; one in particular is hundred feet away from their home. From the fracking wells in nearly spitting distance of Marissa’s home, her family is getting sick and they are no longer able to swim, fish or play in the streams near their house. Five generations of their family have lived in the same house and swam, fished and played in the…

The Government Should Ban Cigarettes Shockingly, people consume a deadly product that kills millions of people a year. Approximately six million people die a year from smoking cigarettes (“Global Health”). Without question smoking cigarettes is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Not only are smokers harming themselves but, the people around them as well. Cigarette smoking is harmful and a financially wasteful habit that should be banned by the government. Tobacco is the…

carcinogens inhaled and settled in the lungs. A water pipe smoker can be exposed to approximately the same amount of tar and nicotine in 45-60 minutes as an entire pack of cigarettes. Additionally,, hookah smoke is known to contain higher levels of arsenic, lead, and nickel, 36 times more tar, and 15 times more carbon monoxide than cigarettes(Alomari, 2014). Compared to a single cigarette, users are exposed to 100 to 200 times the amount of smoke during a 60 minute hookah session(J. Taylor Hays,…

William Faulkner was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. He wrote many great stories that were focused mainly in the southern United States, using similar characters and the setting of Yoknapatawpha County. In 1950, Faulkner received a Nobel Peace Prize for literature and in his acceptance speech for the award he stated that for a story to last forever it must include six eternal verities, which are love, honor, pity, pride, compassion, and sacrifice. (Faulkner 3). Sometimes…

fought with the other immigrant communities, as there were widespread skirmishes. The habitat, culture and the infrastructure were destroyed, the natural land and environment facing degradation. Poisonous chemical elements such as cyanide, mercury, arsenic and other toxic substances were released to the environment causing health complications to the people around. In essence, the Gold Rush brought about tangible elements of social unrest. The overall analysis of the historical significance of…

Political Correctness Is Ruining American Tradition Over the past decade, it has become more and more apparent that traditions in sports, specifically football, have been undermined by political correctness in America. Nicknames for football teams such as Savages, Blackhawks, Seminoles, and Redskins have long been integrated into the core of the sport and are still to this day are highly common nickname for teams at the high school, collegiate, and even professional level. However, the…

childhood. After her father died not too long, Emily is dating with Homer Barron, who is a sidewalk building project. Everyone in the town was whispering about their relationship and wondering if they were married. One day, Emily was seen buying arsenic at the drugstore and they think that Emily wants to kill herself. The townspeople saw him the last time was in Emily’s house. Emily rarely leaves her house after that and she spent six years of her painting lessons. She eventually dies in a…