Asbestos

SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS AND EFFECTS ON NEW YORK CITY On September 11th 2001, it was an average day for any “New Yorker”. As the honking of horns and sirens reverberated between buildings, people were accomplishment their typical morning commute routines. Subway stations and city sidewalks were crammed with commuters walking to work, and making their way towards large business complexes, tall skyscrapers and most notably the World Trade Center. These commuters did not know that in the next…

associated with a large number of lung cancers. It affects both active and passive smokers. Other causes include air pollution and genetic factors. Air pollution with carcinogenic gases causes lung cancer. Smoke from fossil fuels, some insecticides, and asbestos dust have been identified to among the causative agent of lung cancer. People living in industrialized urban areas have been shown to have a higher risk of getting lung cancer than those living in unindustrialized…

Procedure: Why it is important: What equipment it is likely to relate to (examples): Knowledge of equipment Knowledge of the equipment in which is in the laboratory is very important, as the equipment in which needs any maintenance is then kept maintained. It is also important so you know the places in which equipment needs to go in and you know where to look for specific things. - Where the glassware is situated as it should all be grouped together to decrease chances of breakages or equipment…

The fabrics that will be put to a test are cotton, linen, silk, polyester, and a fabric with fire retardant. These fabrics will be treated in two separate ways. The experimental group and the control group. The experimental group will be treated with the fabrics softener while the control group will be treated without fabric softeners. Each of the fabric will then be lit up with fire vertically to the fire apparatus for 2 seconds. The fabric would be burned for an additional 3 seconds more.…

Deforestation increase the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because when trees are burned carbon dioxide is released, carbon dioxide is also, released when trees are decomposed by microorganisms. Cutting down trees also, reduces the amount of carbon dioxides taken up by the photosynthesis and trapped in the wood and carbon dioxide is greenhouse gas therefore, Trees play a huge role in the carbon cycle. They convert the CO2 in the air to oxygen, through the process of photosynthesis.…

Besides killing a large number of fish communities and marine life, and also causing water-borne disease to human’s life, water pollution also might leads to Eutrophication. Eutrophication is an over-enrichment of water with nutrients, usually nitrogen or phosphorus (“Water Pollution”). There are a lot causes of Eutrophication and changes in acidity of water but the main thing that leads to the occurrence of the Eutrophication is silt and chemical pollution. This occur when all fertilizers,…

Water is one of the one of the most important resource of people and environment. Water Pollution affects drinking water which we need to survive. It also affects rivers, lakes, and ocean where sea creatures live. Water Pollution is one of the major problems in our environment. It has been suggested as the leading cause of death and diseases. Water Pollution is the contamination of water with chemicals and different substance that may affect plants, humans or animal health. There are different…

Imagine a time when, “a factory could spew black clouds of toxic (gases) into the air or dump tons of toxic waste into a nearby stream, and that be perfectly legal. They could not be taken to court to stop it. How was this possible? There were no legal or regulatory mechanisms to protect the environment” (EPA History). The EPA is an environmental group that has made a substantial difference in protecting wildlife and the Earth. The Environmental Protection Agency has benefitted the environment…

The City of Chicago received a F for the cleanliness of the air we breathe again. New reports show that the air has not improved since last year. The American Lung Association ranked the City of Chicago as the 14th most poluted city in the nation in the “State of the Air 2014”.The City of Chicago was also ranked the 20th most ozone-polluted and year-round particle pollution. Particle pollution is a mixture of solid and liquid particles found the air. This was the ranking last year. Altgeld…

occurs when an asset is being disposed of, demolished, or transferred from one installation to another. o E&DL costs can either be reported up-front and or recorded over the life of an asset. o Hazardous waste spilled, waste from GE assets, and or asbestos maintenance all fall under…