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    were tested on animals before being on the market. These include thalidomide, oraflex, flenac and cylert. Most of these drugs listed has caused detrimental effects on humans, including 10,000 children born with limb-reduction defects, severe liver toxicity, liver failure, and in sometimes even death. When tested in animals, these drugs showed reactions only when given in extreme high doses, but when attempted on humans the results sometimes leads to death. This source is essential to our…

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    Antibiotics are the natural substances produced by the microbes that destroy or slow down the growth of the bacteria, whereas antimicrobial agents are the synthetic substances which developed in the laboratory that mimic effects of antibiotics. Selective toxicity means the microbial agents that kill the microbes without killing the host cells. Antimicrobial is divided into two spectrum of antibiotics – 1 Narrow spectrum: - This antibiotic is active against a selected group of the bacteria and…

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    Huntington's Disease Essay

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    Introduction The scientific study of Huntington’s Disease (HD) had began in 1872, by George Huntington who is a family physician that had published a report on the clinical symptoms and peculiar mode of inheritance of the disorder.(1, 2) Huntington’s disease has 3 subtypes according to the age onset, which are infantile, juvenile and the adult-onset.(2) Individuals with Huntington’s disease can become asymptomatic between the ages of 1 and 80 years.(3) The typical mean age of onset is 40 years,…

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    killing all types of fish by clogging their gills through excess mucus (Effects of change, n.d). Very high pH levels can damage the outer surface of the fish, such as the skin, gills, and eyes (Effects of changes, n.d.). High pH also increases the toxicity of ammonia, which further harms aquatic life (Effects of changes, n.d.). The solubility of oxygen in water is around 8 mg O2/L (Oxygen (O) and Water, n.d.). Because oxygen solubility is dependent on temperature, oxygen solubility…

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    Oil Research Paper

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    mostly used for road construction.4 Bitumen can be sticky and black.4 Oil is also known as petroleum.4 Petroleum is more of a scientific term.4 Oil can be different in viscosity, volatility, and toxicity.4 Viscosity-oil’s resistance to flow.4 Volatility-The quickness of how oil will evaporate into the air.4 Toxicity-How poisonous oil is the people or organisms.4 The very light oils (first type) are jet fuels and gasoline.4 Since this type is very volatile, it evaporates the quickest of the…

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    Vivisection And Brutality

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    Vivisection: Necessity or Brutality? Introduction/Explanation of Issues From the ancient times of the Greek and Romans to modern society, experimenting on living organisms is a concept yet to be outdated. Rather than testing on people, animals have become the primary subjects who endeavor rigorous scientific experimenting; ultimately because it is inhumane to test on a person with such serve trials. Vivisectionists, scientists who conduct experimental trials on living creatures, defend their…

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    Cationic Surfactant Essay

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    2. They have low CMC value as compare to synthetic surfactants ,its mean that low concentration required to brought in reduction of ST. 3. They are environmental friendly option and they are also readily biodegradable . 4. Biosurfactants have low toxicity than the chemically synthetic surfactants ,it was reported that the biosurfactants show high EC 50 (effective concentration to decrease 50%of test population). 5.Biosurfactants production can be done by cheap raw materials sources like…

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    7. RESULT & OBSERVATION Table No.7.1:- Morphological characteristics of Jasminum grandiflorum leaves S.No. Character Observation 1 Color Gggggggg Green 2 Odour Characteristic 3 Taste Acrid 4 Size 4-5.5 cm. length 5 Texture Smooth Table No.7.2:- Physiochemical analysis of powder of Jasminum grandiflorum leaves S.No. Parameters Observation (%) 1 Loss on drying 0.6 2 Total ash value 7 3 Acid insoluble ash value 2.6 4 Water soluble ash value 1.25 5 Foaming index 22 (ml)…

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    Since GMOs (or genetically modified organisms) were introduced in the mid-1990s, allergies and other health problems including reproductive disorders and autism have been escalating. Time and time again, genetically modified foods have been presented as being “the same” as their organic counterparts, so that the labeling of them in unnecessary, but the facts seem to sing a different song. Genetically modifying foods has been praised for the impressive number of crops the practice yields with the…

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    Gmo Persuasive Speech

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    future production. The World Health Organization (WHO), discusses the regulations that have been put in place to evaluate how genetically modified organisms can effect human’s health and the environment. These tests will often examine the organism’s toxicity and allergenicity. One of the concerns that I have with genetically engineered organisms is the potential repercussion that they may have on the environment. WHO argues the consequences of GMOs. These organisms have the competency to leak…

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