Carcinogen

providers, allowing them a permanent right to violate the standard for a given contaminant if they claim they cannot afford to comply. There is also another suggestion to have affordable, feasible technology to remove cancer-causing contaminants - carcinogens such as…

Hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic debris containing more than 2,500 contaminants, including known carcinogens, were spread across Lower Manhattan due to the collapse of the Twin Towers. Due to all the fumes and debris it caused several deaths. There is also scientific speculation that exposure to various toxic products in the air may have affected fetal…

metastasis from cancer cells in other organs and tissues that spread to the liver through blood filtering. Although the exact cause of liver cancer is still unknown, factors that can contribute to the disease are gender, age, environmental exposure to carcinogens,…

Drug legalization must occur, not for the sake of the addict, but for the future of America. Certainly, the money invested in the current drug enforcement policies, do not indicate an acceptable return on results or a clear path for resolution. As a result; escalating prison populations, swelling cartel profits, and civil liberty violations dominate urban landscapes. Undoubtedly, any dialogue centering on legalization, must include healthcare reforms and positive social engagement for youth…

Electronic Cigarettes: the Next Threat to Human and Environment According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, while the proportion of the cigarette smoking by teenagers is reduced to the lowest level in the survey’s history, the rate of the youth using electronic cigarettes has increased in significant numbers. Additionally, in 2015, the Discover Magazine emphasized the sales of e-cigarette increased 7 times within 4 years, “Sales of the product [electronic cigarettes] had already…

Do you know that this innocent piece of tobacco lit between your index and middle finger is responsible for 1 in every 5 deaths? (Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, 2012) While this cigarette might give you a sense of satisfaction at the moment, it is actually doing you more damage to your body’s future, lifestyle and those around you. Since your smoking habits are considered heavy and your health is of major concern, I have taken the time to explain the destructive effects of smoking…

Even though there are many negative effects of technology, there are also a lot of positive effects! These positive would include the improvement of communication and availability of information. We have more ability to research and experiment. We are able to resolve more medical issues and have created devices that can keep the body working and we have better treatment options. Technology has also improved education and has increased efficiency and productivity. The only reason technology has…

Non-enzymatic and Enzymatic Browning PART A: NON-ENZYMATIC BROWNING The Maillard Reaction is a process of non-enzymatic browning foods happens when you cook both reducing sugars and amino acids at high temperatures while dry cooking. The carbonyl group of the sugar interacts with the nucleophilic amino group (amine; -NH2) of the amino acid peptides or proteins to eliminate a molecule of water, a brown pigment, called “melanoidin” is formed after polymerization and odor and flavor of molecules…

I WILL QUIT TOMORROW I will quit tomorrow or this is my last one. Theses are the open statements made on a daily basis by cigarette smokers. (Brownlee and Roberts) “Without cigarette breaks, smokers could gain a month 's work each year.” Cigarette smoking has been around for decades, despite all the advertisement stating that smoking is bad for your health, people can be seen on the outside of their jobs taking a break with a pack of cigarette. I can remember taking up a pack of cigarette a…

. Introduction The town of Boondocks, Alabama has a population of 604 people. The area of the town is 2.3 miles2. The community is surrounded by 65 acres of farm land. All of the adult citizens either work on the surrounding farms or in businesses within the community. There is one school building which caters to children from K4 through twelfth grade. Ten percent of the population are children under the age of 18. Thirty percent of the population are 65 or older. For at least two…