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    A.) Selective Perception/pg.335: seeing certain features of an object or situation, but remaining blind to others. Selective perception is when someone can see certain aspects of something but remain blind to others, whether that blindness is intentional or accidental is unknown. Selective perception become extremely apparent in the film about the asbestos disaster in Libby, Montana. The owner of the W. R. Grace display a huge case of selective perception in the court files showing him being…

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    continuous hours in intense pain is absurd, because this is abnormal for a job. The air being filled with dust and lint, including heavy debris and moisture, puts her respiratory system to multiple risks — the worst disease she could catch is mesothelioma. Mesothelioma has no cure whatsoever and in the 1800s, not a single person knew of the rare cancer existing. Lyddie would immediately get ill due to how deadly that lung cancer is. To avoid the potential risk of Lyddie and other employees…

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    air, it being transferred to the bloodstream and the carbon dioxide transferring to the air is called external respiration, or better known as breathing. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, emphysema, silicosis, asbestosis, mesothelioma, beryllium disease, byssinosis, bronchiolitis obliterans, silo filler’s disease and coal worker’s…

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    Asbestos Essay

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    WHAT IS ASBESTOS Asbestos is one of the six naturally occurring silicate minerals which have all in common the eponymous asbestiform habit. Asbestos has six primary sub-classifications; Chysotile, crocidolite,amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite. Among these, chyrsotile and amosite asbestos are most common. It existed more than 4,000 years ago but large scale mining began at the end of the late 19th century when manufacturers and builders begun using asbestos because of its…

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    In the shadow of the fallen towers, there was more than just rubble and the terror. There were countless chemicals in the air, some good, some bad, and some deadly. Asbestos was among the deadly chemicals. Throughout history and throughout the world, it has been used to meet the need of materials to act as insulators, and much more. It is resistant to heat and corrosive materials, as well as being a very good nonconductor of electricity. Its hollow fibers are what make it a good insulator…

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    Johns-Manville Problem To determine whether or not it was ethical for The Johns-Manville Corporation to declare bankruptcy, it’s critical that both points-of-view are laid out to be critiqued. While it would be quite easy to argue that the company should have been liquidated in order to pay the medical costs of the countless asbestos victims, it’s very important to look at the situation from the perspective that saves the jobs of thousands and contributes to the betterment of the working…

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    a. Life Expectancy/pg. 360: The number of years that an average person at any age, including newborns, can expect to live. We all expect to live a full and prosperous life. When children are born, the parents expect that the children will far out live them in the number of years of life. As we grow up, we start to see how normal aging affects that one person but we also can see what the aging of one person does to an entire family. The average life expectancy in America is about eighty years.…

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    CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Theoretical principles 2.1.1 Motor vehicle repair and servicing works In the motor vehicle repair works, a number of processes are undertaken depending on the part under repair or service. This includes but not limited to, bodyworks, engine parts, transmission parts and auxiliary parts like batteries. Operations on this parts during either repair or servicing is prone to expose the worker to some dust mostly inform of fumes. Hazardous materials and wastes in…

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    Pros And Cons Of Asbestos

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    see this mineral in almost every products you can get your hands on, such as fireproof protective gear to building materials. However, recent studies show that too much exposure to asbestos can actually harm the body. It causes a disease called mesothelioma, which is a type of cancer that affects the lungs’ lining and many other…

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    2. One of the assumptions about the medical model is that illnesses are primarily biological and that they can be cured purely by “cuts and chemicals”. This can cause iatrogenesis, which occurs from when a medical professional causes problems due to words or actions. Usually this can happen due to a direct result of consequences from taking drugs or recommendations that the medical professional gave to the patient. There are now cases where people are going to medical professionals to cure one…

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