Asbestos

and acute environmental disaster. When the aircraft struck the Twin Towers thousands of liters of jet fuel burned at temperatures above 1000 degree Celsius. This caused an atmospheric plume to form, consisting of toxic materials such as metals, asbestos and hydrochloric acid. The majority of atmospheric contamination was from the buildings. Ground Zero, where the deemed “act of war” occurred, a large amount of smoking material burned sporadically for months. To say the least, the area, first…

restrictions that may come with tax incentives and grants, also resistance may come from members of the community who do not support the project (ctb.ku.edu). The renovation of old buildings can come with risk and needs to be handled by a professional. Asbestos was a leading product for insulation, sheetrock and many other building material, but is now linked to many health risk. Lead paint was banned in the 1940’s and over 40% of the nations structures contain lead paint, it can be harmful if…

Civil engineers design landfills to serve as a safe and sanitary site to store and manage waste. [1] The sites protect modern communities from the toxic gases and chemicals that occur when waste degrades. For each landfill location, civil engineers create a site plans that meet these criteria or will eventually bring sites into compliance. The Meaning and Purpose of Sanitary Landfills Legislators regulate solid waste with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D, while…

Racism in New Orleans, Louisiana has historically been reflected in settlement patterns throughout the city, dating back to its founding in the early 1700’s. The first settlers favored well-drained uplands and shunned the swamps and marshes as dangerous, instead relegating African American slaves and native Creole people to these areas. Post-civil war, these settlement patterns were only exaggerated as the racial geography of the city shifted toward what is now considered a “classic southern”…

Destruction of Earth for Our Luxuries The world population is estimated to be 7,356, 829, 930 people and increases by 1 birth every 8 seconds (U.S.) With the world population increasing so fast there are bound to be negative effects on the environment, but we as humans could help minimize these negative effects by cutting back on our so called luxuries. Here are a few processes that are destroying earth are ozone depletion, biodiversity loss, chemical pollution, ocean acidification and…

Science used to be a cause of wonder and curiosity from discovering what is beyond our planet to understanding the intricacies of nature. However, in recent years science has become a topic of dread for people. For some people, it is because they don’t understand the language that scientists use other times people believe that the research doesn’t affect them and are oblivious to how much science directly impacts their lives. There are still people who are genuinely curious about science and…

I began my Friday by going to Judge Kaddo to see the new asbestos case. Before that, I did go by Judge Lippitt’s court room. Judge Lippitt had told me to come back to observe the motions in limine of the case. Judge Kaddo’s trial was just starting, but it looked like he had to call downtown if he could proceed. Judge Kaddo started reading the preliminary instructions to the Jurors. I looked at the jury because I was here the first day they brought the first batch in and wanted to see if I…

Low income communities have affordable housing to accommodate its residents, but they are under renovated and are not meeting the criteria of new health standards. I have a relative that was raised in a household that had asbestos and lead in the walls, which may have been a possible link to her mental disorder. Recent studies further researched the correlation of “learning disabilities and developmental disorders [and how it] may be attributable to environmental factors”(Landrigan…

In the hotel, Holmes had “air-tight chambers and a room of steel lined with asbestos, where the wildest shrieks of his victims would be deadened,” (Was Holmes’). It is also reported that Holmes conducted numerous experiments on his victims by dissecting them, torturing them, and eventually murdering them (Cipriani). Also within his…

The construction industry is one of the high risk industry with more number of injuries and fatalities reported compared to other industries. The construction industry has also been performing poorly on health and safety of its employees. In New Zealand, the construction sector is the sixth largest sector which employs 180,000 people. The Construction Sector Action Plan of 2011 suggests that the construction industry in New Zealand had the highest rate of fatal injury making it almost thrice the…