Polychlorinated biphenyl

Water is everywhere, in the air and overall Earth. About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water but the ocean holds about 96.5 percent of all Earth’s water. Because the ocean is big, a great variety of marine life are being heavily affected by different sources that harm their habitat. In 2016, numerous dead whales have been washed up on shore in different parts of the world. More than 20 whales died on Mexico’s Gulf of California coast. A dozen whales were washed up on the…

INTRODUCTION: For years people of color have been disproportionately affected by environmental hazards. There are many reasons why people of color are more susceptible to environmental hazards. In simplest terms, the main reason for this injustice is environmental racism. Environmental racism can be described as environmental health discrimination based on race, mostly low income communities of color (Shelton & Miller, 2016). Environmental discrimination can take the form of placing…

I. THEORY OF THE BUSINESS To better address an organization’s theory of the business, we need to make three assumptions: environments in which the organization is operating, the specific mission of the organization and its core competencies in which the organization must excel to maintain leadership (Drucker, 1994). They are discussed in the following subsections. EXTERNAL MACRO TRENDS While analyzing Whirlpool’s business environments, we are mainly concerning external macro trends from three…

A revolving door, round it goes. Similar to conflicts of interests, this political issue occurs when there is a circulating flow between government officials and industry employees, representatives, or lobbyists. When there is a vacancy within a federal agency to regulate the food industry, look no further than the industry’s corporate leaders. But how did this never ending cycle begin? Is it causing any damage? The revolving door phenomenon between the food industry and Monsanto evolved from…

It is becoming evident that humans are continuously exposed to a plethora of chemicals from food, medicinal agents, occupational activity and contaminated sites. Exposure to chemicals begins in utero and continues throughout life. Toxicological risk assessment of individual chemicals provides the quantitative estimate of its possible effects on human health. When humans are exposed to chemicals, they are not exposed to a single chemical only, but simultaneous or sequential exposure occurs to a…

Mixed contamination of PAHs and metals occur ubiquitously in the environment, but their combined toxicity to humans and other organisms are not fully addressed. The data from epidemiological, animal and in vitro studies indicated the nature of interaction between PAHs and metals varies from synergism to additivity or antagonism. In this chapter, the combined toxicity of PAHs and metals on toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic endpoints, and possible mechanism of actions were discussed. In addition,…

Chapter: Soil, Water and Air Pollution 1. Introduction: Definitions of soil, water and air pollution; sources and types of soil, water and air pollution, soil and water pollution status in India With rapid increase and development in industrial and agricultural sectors along with population explosion, huge amount of organic and inorganic waste is released in environment and causing serious threats to environment and agro-ecosystem. This procedure can bring about a danger in the human wellbeing.…