Emphysema

WE ACT for Environmental Justice and Love Canal all fought for environmental justice throughout their communities. Each environmental justice organization used different tactics and strategies while organizing to fight the environmental burdens affecting their communities. While each community faced similar implications along the way, there were a few defining differences that shaped each organization. By comparing WE ACT and Love Canal, I will explore how these two environmental justice…

Throughout just last year alone, the United States consumed a daily average of 384 million gallons of gasoline (“U.S. Energy Information Administration”). Gasoline is a type of crude oil pumped from deep underground. It is refined from fossil fuels, dead and decayed remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago, to gasoline by adding a multitude of additive chemicals such as ethanol. After the gasoline is refined, it is pumped into storage terminals so it can be loaded into…

The Effects of Ageing on the Human Body and its impacts on Pre-Hospital Management Introduction Ageing can be defined as the normal, predictable, and irreversible changes of different organ systems over time that ultimately leads to death (Aschkenasy & Rothenhaus, 2006). What’s more Aschkenasy & Rothenhaus (2006) state that physiological changes during the natural ageing process generally result in a loss of functional reserve within most organ systems. Ageing is accompanied by alterations…

There are some extremely talented people, they are have something interesting, and different events in their life that can change history.Liberace did that very things and know what can take that away. Liberace was born on 16 May 1919, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA.He was raised by his parents,and grew up with his older brother and his older sister .He had a twin brother that died at birth.His mother was Frances Liberace, his father was Salvatore Liberace, his brother was George Liberace, and his…

Death’s Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab Where the Dead Do Tell Tales Introduction Death’s Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab Where the Dead Do Tell Tales is an autobiography by Bill Bass that tells of his experiences as a Forensic Anthropologist. Bass is the founder of the Body Farm at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Bass established the Body Farm in 1987 after a move from Kansas. Death’s Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab Where the Dead Do Tell Tales explains the…

Extensive research has shown that smoking causes many different diseases, including lung cancer, and emphysema, and is incredibly detrimental for one’s health. The effect smoking has on individuals, as well as the knowledge gained from the research can lead them to enter rehabilitation. There are different types of rehab for smoking; however, the following…

How much life do you lose from smoking? You lose about 14.5 years of the average 78.8 which comes out to about 18.4% of the average life span. they have ingredients like Cadmium Benzene which are linked to some cancers. Even though it can be used as a medication, cigarettes should be illegal because there are many side effects to using the product and many toxic chemicals go into the product. Medicine would be the last thing you think when it comes to cigarettes ,but it is true that they have a…

Emphysema: this is a "progressive lung condition characterized by the breakdown of the lung's elastic structure and destruction of the walls of the bronchioles and aveoli." This process reduces the surface area involved in respiration. Symptoms include dypnea…

Association, tobacco cigarettes are behind 90% of lung cancer mortality rates and over 80% of COPD mortality rates (“Smoking”, n.d.). COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and smokers with COPD suffer from lung diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Lungs have a structure of “branches” with sac-like hollows attached to them. Their purpose is to filter out gases and “toxins” and filter in oxygen to distribute to the rest of the body. A cigarette user will experience…

College Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is defined by World Health Organization as not one single disease but an umbrella term used to describe chronic lung diseases that cause limitations in lung airflow. Chronic Bronchitis’ and ‘emphysema are now included within the COPD diagnosis. It is a life threatening lung disease that interferes with normal breathing, characterized by persistent blockage of airflow from the lungs. The airflow limitation and air trapping is a result of…