possession of brewing thousands of gallons of deadly germs and toxins and loading some of them in bombs‚ missile and rockets. The weapons included anthrax‚ botulinum toxin‚ Clostridium perfringens‚ a flesh-eating bacterium that causes gas gangrene; and aflatoxin‚ a fungal poison that causes liver cancer. In October‚1998‚ Saddam failed to let the United Nations weapons inspectors in to
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Nowadays‚ people can’t deny that chocolate has famous and popular food. It has many flavors and types such as dark chocolate‚ milk chocolate or white chocolate. In free time‚ consuming desserts help many people relax‚ feel good and enthusiastic for work or anything else. People love to eat but some people only eat and never realized about something bad of it. They never knew about the negative effect of chocolate has. People eat chocolate because of it delicious. They never know another side of what
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Environmental Science Environmental Hazards December 6‚ 2012 Environmental hazards can have many effects to one’s health. It has the potential to threaten the surroundings of a natural environment and harmfully affect people’s health. It can cause health issues to plants‚ minerals‚ or animals. Some hazards have the potential to be poisonous to the environment. Some examples are oil spills‚ which can cause fish or any animal living in the water to die. There are earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and
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Personal Statement Growing up under the nourishment of the vast Hulun Buir grassland‚ one of the three largest grasslands in the world‚ I always cherish what nature has given us and have learned the important meaning of agricultural industry – especially the stock raising sector for people living there. Observing and playing with the livestock in the backyard is my most cherished childhood memory. From primary school to high school‚ biology was always my favorite class‚ because I could get a
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2008 Chinese Milk Scandals 2008 Chinese milk scandal was one of the major events that happened in China. June 28‚ 2008‚ the first case of infant with kidney stone occurred in Lanzhou. In the following two months‚ the number of infants diagnosed with kidney stones had increased to 14 in one of the hospitals in Lanzhou. The only thing in common before those infants got sick was that they had fed on milk powder produced by Sanlu Group for a long time. Gradually‚ the same cases happened in the other
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NORFOLK‚ VA - Over the course of the last few weeks‚ pet owners have heard all kinds of reasons why their pet’s food might be tainted. The problem is‚ none of the specialists in the area seem to agree on the cause. Now it appears that the original pet food recall‚ which included some 60 million cans and foil packs of food from Menu Foods‚ may not have been extensive enough. Evidence indicates that the same contaminate found in poisoned wet food may also be found in the dry food products of an as
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J2o7urnal of Swine Health and Production — Volume 18‚ Number 1 Journal of Swine Health and Production — January and February 201207 Feed additives for swine: Fact sheets – fl avors and mold inhibitors‚ mycotoxin binders‚ and antioxidants Jay Y. Jacela‚ DVM; Joel M. DeRouchey‚ PhD; Mike D. Tokach‚ PhD; Robert D. Goodband‚ PhD; Jim L. Nelssen‚ PhD; David G. Renter‚ DVM‚ PhD; Steve S. Dritz‚ DVM‚ PhD Peer reviewed Practice tip This is the third in a series of peer-reviewed practice tip articles
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When walking through the grocery store it’s easy to forget where all our food came from‚ and what it was like before it was prepared to meet consumer aesthetic expectations. One vegetable that this is especially true of is corn. Helicoverpa zea or corn earworms aren’t a very appetizing idea to think of‚ yet they are a relevant part of corn production today. This fact became evident to me after working for the maize breeding department this past summer. Around each field the department plants sweet
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This is clearly demonstrated in the scene where the rats were exposed to a carcinogen called aflatoxin and later on feeding on a diet of casein‚ the main protein found in milk. Half of the rats were fed 20% casein while the rest were fed 5% casein. After few weeks of experiments‚ the rats fed 20% casein had a greatly enhanced level of early liver
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consumable goods. High Level of pesticides content is present in grains‚ pulses‚ in fruits and vegetables that we eat. Lack of maintenance standards resulting in the proliferation of molds and fungi has resulted in the dangers of liver cancer due to Aflatoxin. Large parts of Africa and Asia are covered with desert areas with scarce amounts of drinking water. Due to the lack of fresh clean water in these areas‚ people are forced to drink water that is high in fluoride content; it consists of high impurities
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