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Should smoking be outlawed? The use of cigarettes and other tobacco products has been on the rise in the past few decades as a result of advertisement and more common usage over the years. Because cigarettes and tobacco products have been around for quite some time there has been speculation as to whether they are truly beneficial, or really harmful. Given the evidence provided from Scientists, cigarettes and other tobacco products are actually proven to have negative effects on a person’s…

example, the drug ATRyn is made from goats milk and is used as an anticoagulant to reduce blood clots in surgery and childbirth. Malaria resistant mosquitos have been developed and may eventually mean we will no longer have to use harmful drugs such as DDT to control mosquito borne malaria. Bacteria have also been modified to make the protein insulin to treat diabetes, as well as human growth hormone used to treat dwarfism. There is much less debate about the use of GMOs in medicine but there…

Van Jones mentions that she is the figure that created and launched the regulation wave. Carson published Silent Spring during this time, which influenced the ban of the pesticide DDT in 1972. Her novel was able to create public awareness about the interconnectedness of human industry and the national environment. In 1970, President Nixon forms the Environmental Protection Agency, also known as the EPA. Our legislative branch was…

total indifference towards doing what is right. Elie Wiesel’s “Night” is a deeply poignant and candid account of an autobiographical nature regarding his survival during the Holocaust. Rachael Carson’s “Silent Spring” exposed the hazardous effects of DDT, a commonly used pesticide on the natural world. Her work sparked a lot of debate and resulted in a modern environmental movement. Her scientific rigor and perspective created substantial depth that led to the debate within the scientific field…

Throughout history and our current era, secrets have been uncovered by behind-the-scenes workers. These people use their skills to release information to the public that never would have been seen or heard, and by exposing the misconduct of certain individuals or institutions, they are necessary for learning secrets that hide in the corners of our world. Muckrakers use investigative journalism to uncover the lies and information necessary to the public, forcibly removing citizens from ignorance…

What are genetically modified organisms? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering. Throughout the United States, the majority of the crops have been totally modified with genetic engineering. Lots of food we eat today is now genetically modified, and we do not really know if what we are eating is natural or non-natural. This has made a great impact in American agricultural world…

Genetically Modified Organisms Did you know that 70-80% of the food produced by farmers in the United States is Genetically Modified? In fact, most of the food in the produce section at your grocery store are genetically modified. And what is interesting is that you can not tell the difference because they look exactly like organic produce. This is why It is important to read labels more often, make sure what anything purchase says “Non-gmo”, and be more attentive on other foods just incase.…

Robert S. Desowitz tells the story of two well-known diseases that affect many rural villagers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America of his novel The Malaria Capers. The first section of the book deals with Kala azar, which is transmitted by a fly. Desowitz begins the novel by introducing a tragic story in India of a distressed mother with a sick child. She traveled miles from her small village to a clinic, where her daughter was diagnosed with Kala azar or Visceral Leishmaniasis. The child is…

to processing centers where there toughly searched for vegetables, weapons, drugs or any other types of contraband. Once they they passed the searched part of the process later they were force to strip and sprayed with Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro (DDT) (which is a type of insecticide, which now is banned in manny countries for its harmful ingredients) to get rid of any harmful insects. The program offered many things like housing, transportation, healthcare, among other things, and they ( the…

Social advocates, someone who is strong, someone who has a spirit to bring justice among society, and someone who is courageous and wants to make change when something is wrong in the world that they live in. This biography “Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Worker Rights” by Judith Josephson is about Mother Jones bringing child labor to the attention of the public by marching 125 miles down to the white house in D.C. to talk to the president about the situation. Although she made a difference…