Safe-cracking

The Environmental Protection Agency defines frackings as “A well stimulation process used to maximize the extraction of underground resources; including oil, natural gas, geothermal energy, and even water”(Environmental Protection Agency). This process, employed to release natural gas involves drilling deep into the ground and shooting a high pressure water solution into rock formations in order to release the gas inside. Although the history of fracking can be traced back to the 1940’s, it…

Many of us would like to understand what Arsenic is and why this element is in our drinking water. To begin with our introduction to Arsenic, we should all understand that it is a semi-metal element from the periodic table that we are mostly familiar with. It is odorless and has no type of specific taste to the human tongue. It is mostly sourced from natural deposits in the Earth, however, it’s also known to be sourced from agricultural and industrial practices all over the world. It is simply…

Utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Taylor assists to identify and replace maladaptive behaviors and thoughts. This is especially helpful for Taylor who exhibits symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, aggression, and complicated grief. With this second placement, Taylor continues to show improvement with the use of CBT and support. In addition to CBT, other skills used to help Taylor include deep breathing techniques, identifying health alternatives and activities, social skills development,…

Hydraulic fracturing is a process which releases natural gas from shale and brings it to the worlds surface. It requires injecting more than a million gallons of chemicals such as lead, uranium, methanol, and mercury. Fracking also needs sand and water. The amount of water that is used is one to eight million gallons per job. It takes 400 tanker trucks to carry water too and from the sites. The chemicals, sand, and water are then put down a horizontally drilled well at a high pressure. The…

Children in foster care wait too long in custody before being placed into a home with a family setting. According to Section: D Foster Care Policy, the policy and program goals were a positive outcome for the client (p.18). The adoption act of 2008, states that the increasing opportunities for adoption and relative guardianship are for the wellbeing of the child. The act is thought to increase the adoption that is taken place but instead it could decrease (p.18). Looking at the strength based…

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is defined as a Priority Pollutant covered under the Clean Water Act. The chemical is an organic vapor, and is a component used in degreasing, distillation, and painting operations (Woodside, 1999). Trichloroethylene is a liquid used as a solvent, and in other compounds (Environmental Protection Agency, 2011). Annually 10 million pounds of Trichloroethylene is used to manufacture Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) (Gilbert & Heuvel, 2014). While current figures are not…

He was not allowed to go to school because her voices were telling her they would take him from her. He should not have grown up the way he did. At such a young age, he is supposed to be learning the most and socializing with kids his own age in a safe and protective environment. Andy never got that. The way he turned out, defies all the odds and is pretty unrealistic. In the Early Childhood period, language and communication is developing rapidly and tend to be more interested in creativity,…

Charitable Trust (2007) report has shown the numbers of children who are ineligible for Title IV-E foster care financial support has increased from 5,000 children in 1999 to 35,000 children in 2005. In addition to PRWORA provisions, the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997 (Pub. L. No. 105-89, § 42 U.S.C. 1305) codified the child’s safety, permanency, and well-being as the cornerstones of child welfare practice. AFSA also shortened the time frames for moving children into a legal…

Annotated Bibliography of The Great Gilly Hopkins The annotations that follow are based off of other books which are realist fiction for middle readers. The main character Gilly is a difficult and full of troubles foster child who just wants to live with her biological mother, Courtney. Throughout the story readers watch her grow from a tough, stubborn, hard protective shell she created and slowly transform into a helpful, caring, and loving girl who respects her foster family in her own unique…

the CDC strengthened its standards of lead safety by lowering the allowable lead levels from 8 percent to 0.25 percent of total surface area inside piping through the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act (RLDWA). Even though there is no known “safe” level of lead contamination, official public health measure are enacted only when the saturation of lead in a child’s blood has reached the threshold of 5 micrograms per deciliter or…