Emphysema

men who own the tobacco companies, is enough,” (124). The corporations do not care who or what they’re ruining, as long as they get their money. Alice Walker grew up watching her father get weaker, develop a harsh cough, and die with bronchitis, emphysema, and pneumonia, as well as very little breath of his poor lungs (122). Her father was a vulnerable, overworked, poor black man who fell under the fault of the large corporations poisoning the sacred plant. The author’s father gave her sister…

most cities. Even for healthy people, polluted air can cause respiratory irritation or breathing difficulties during exercise or outdoor activities. According to America Lung Association, air pollution can cause a lot of diseases such as asthma, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease or congestive heart failure…

Over the past several years, marijuana use has become a source of extreme controversy. Many believe that marijuana helps alleviate painful side effects related to many diseases. Furthermore, marijuana legalization, according to many individuals, would better our economy by avoiding black markets; thus decreasing personal profit for dealers and putting the money into the country. On the other hand, many believe that marijuana serves as a gateway drug to more serious and deadly drugs such as…

Native Americans have endured a long history of environmental racism; beginning with the destruction of native ecosystems in the late 15th century through the Spanish introduction of non-native plants and animals, the indigenous population of the US has not been unfamiliar with disproportionate levels of pollution, land degradation and resource extraction on their lands. This form of racism has been exemplified in the Black Mesa area, home to both Navajo and Hopi tribes, in which the natural…

The issue of cloning has always been around in our everyday lives. Cloning was common in movies such as Jurassic Park and The Lost World, where cloning seemed to be an idea of fantasy and not reality. The idea that scientist could just take a little DNA from a dead mosquito and turn it into something that could tower over a skyscraper was very intriguing to most people. On the other hand, there were movies such as Judd Dredd and Alien Resurrection, in which cloning was necessary in order to…

Perla Nunez Alvarez Advance Language Arts November 17, 2017 Tobacco Should be Illegal Tobacco is an agricultural plant that has been around for over thousands of years and is still widely used to this day. It is also classified as a stimulant drug that makes the central nervous system work faster than usual. In order to deny the spread of tobacco usage, scientists have been warning the public about the dangers of using the stimulant drug. The reason for them to do so is, because in The United…

Publisher-Sachin Thaker Editor- Isaac Cook Illustrator- Emily Webb Layout Editor- Emily Webb Vocab- Henry Dupke Muscular system pictures https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muscular_system.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wrist_and_hand_deeper_palmar_dissection-en.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face Nervous System Pictures How to the Keep the System Running Properly: The muscular system- Eat a diet with a sufficient amount of protein, do weight…

Bobevski I. (2003), Has the prevalence of cigarette smoking changed? Trends in smoking prevalence between1980 and 2001. NIBC. The paper analyze the tobacco can cause diseases, such as lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Our public health care organizations will pay a huge amount of money for these diseases and illness each year. For example, nearly 10 million people died by lung cancer each year in The United States. Maternal smoking has shown to cause…

The determinants of health impact directly on risk behaviours that in turn affect health outcomes. According to Marmot and Wilkinson (2006) increasing deprivation due to things such as poor housing is associated with increase in risk of morbidity and mortality. Because much of people’s income is going towards housing, little is left for the other necessities. Meaning people cannot afford what they actually need and what is really healthy for them. Bad nutrition is an example of this. People…

The Cause and Effect of Mutations on the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Gene and How it Affects Lung Functions in an Individual Sterling Wood Biology 2458 Section 005, Pankaj B.C., October 11, 2015 Introduction Many people do not realize all the different factors that are a necessity when it comes to just breathing. The air we breathe is filled with many different particles and bacteria that could cause major problems if they were to reach the alveoli. With that being said,…