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The Potential Risk of Genetically Modified Organisms Since 1982,” Genetically Modified Organisms have been used in our foods. These “Genetically Modified Organisms are a result of a laboratory process where genes from DNA of one species are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of unrelated animals or humans” (Smith). In other words, Genetically Modified Organisms are harmful for our society and should have never been introduced to our world. Have you ever wondered how our food is…

Air pollution can result from both human and natural actions. Natural events that pollute the air include forest fires, volcanic eruptions, wind erosion, pollen dispersal, evaporation of organic compounds and natural radioactivity (http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/air-pollution/causes-of-air-pollution.html). One cause of air pollution from humans is the burning of fossil fuels. Sulfur dioxide emitted from…

Judith Thomson argues that even if a fetus is a person, abortion is not murder or wrongful killing when conception is a product of rape,when the mother’s life is endangered, or when the mother has taken reasonable precautions to avoid being pregnant. Thomson uses analogical reasoning to show that in these situations, abortion is a woman’s choice and is not murder. In the case of rape, Thomson uses the sick violinist example as an analogy to this situation. Suppose if a person was kidnapped and a…

The early civilizations in India, South America, Japan, and china practiced intensive agriculture and it is known that they utilized agricultural, animal and human residue as fertilizer (Howard, 1943, Food and Agriculture Organization, 1978). Many of these residues either were placed in pits or placed in heaps and allowed to rot for long period of time for the production of soil amendment. The first waste pits made out of stone and built outside the houses were found in Sumerian cities about…

long needle-like specialized bill (Smithsonian). Their highly specific bills are used for feeding on certain flowers that must have nectar high in sugar content, be tubular shaped, red or orange in color, may face downwards, and have long stamen for pollen distribution (Smithsonian).…

single greatest environmental health risk in the world. Millions of people die every year from being exposed to air pollution. According to National Geographic, air pollution is often in the victim’s own home. Indoor air pollutants include mold, pollen, smoke, carbon monoxide, etc. Another major part to air pollution is Ozone, which is a gas. When ozone forms air pollution, it’s also called smog. Ozone, or smog is often found in cities and is formed from burning fuels. Air pollution causes…

This year on Father’s Day my children took me to the Brevard Zoo. I was very excited to go, for this would be my first time seeing it. I have lived in Brevard county over twenty years of my life and somehow never managed the time to visit . A zoo is a place where different kinds of animals are kept and maintained with purpose of Educating the public about the varieties of animals and birds that exist all over the world, including our country. On our visit I observed that by going to the zoo,…

They found him under a big cottonwood tree. His Levi jacket and pants were faded light-blue so that he had been easy to find. The big cottonwood tree stood apart from a small grove of winter bare cottonwoods which grew in the wide, sandy, arroyo. He had been dead for a day or more, and the sheep had wandered and scattered up and down the arroyo. Leon and his brother-in-law, Ken, gathered the sheep and left them in the pen at the sheep camp before they returned to the cottonwood tree. Leon waited…

Knoblock is just one of many farmers seeing a huge difference in switching from feeding their livestock from GM filled food to natural grown Non-GM food. Steve Tusa, a farmer who raises cattle in Minnesota, has witnessed many improvements after making the switch. Tusa had many deaths in the past of his cattle because of digestive problems caused by their old GM filled diet, but since the switch, the percent of deaths have decreased fifty percent. Tusa now grows approximately 1400 Non-GM crops…

Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, refer to crop plants or animals that have been altered through artificial selection. This is done through planting the specific desirable traits of one organism into the DNA of another organism with; otherwise, undesirable traits. The gene inserted into the new organism grants that very organism the ability to possess the same traits as the “parent” organism. Characteristics usually sought after restrain to better nutritional value, gained through the…