mother and father of the children were both Caucasian ages 23 and 31. They were of low socioeconomic status and received WIC and food assistance. They both had high school educations‚ but hadn’t completed college. The mother had never heard of lead poisoning or the environmental risks‚ symptoms‚ etc.‚ and was eager to learn. The father wasn’t present for the teaching.
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On January 16‚ 2016‚ President Barack Obama declared the city of Flint‚ Michigan to be in a state of emergency due to the widespread lead poisoning of the city’s residents that later became known as the Flint Water Crisis (Southall 2016). The crisis began in April of 2014‚ when the officials of Flint decided that‚ in an effort to conserve dwindling funds‚ the city would switch their main water source from Lake Huron‚ to the Flint River (Southall 2016). Almost immediately‚ the residents of Flint began
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monoxide and hydrogen‚ molecular weight is 32.04 g. Methanol or methyl alcohol is typically found in alcoholic beverages. In fact‚ during prohibition many people died or became severely ill from methanol poisoning when they drank the liquid as a substitute for commercial liquor. Methane gases are sometimes used to power automobiles‚ which is a source of emition for methanol. Drinking even a small amount of methane alcohol will paralyze the optic
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Analyzing Rachel Carson’s “The Obligation to Endure” In her essay “The Obligation to Endure”‚ Rachel Carson alerts the public to the dangers of modern industrial pollution. She writes about the harmful consequences of lethal materials being released into the environment. She uses horrifying evidence‚ a passionate tone‚ audience‚ and the overall structure of her essay to express to her readers that the pollution created by man wounds the earth. There are many different ways that pollution can harm
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The Therac 25 Disaster October 2012 1 Introduction The Therac-25 was a machine for cancer treatment manufactured by the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and went down to history as one of the world’s worst software disasters. The machine was released to the market in 1983 and was later involved in at least 6 accidents that lead to enormous radiation overdoses for the patients. One of the major innovations of the Therac-25 was the move to complete computer control‚ which allowed operators
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Mercury is a metallic element that is naturally found in rocks within the earth’s crust. It is dispersed into the environment in various ways such as soil‚ weathering of rocks‚ volcanoes‚ mining coal combustion‚ power plants‚ municipal waste and even the products used in the household or for health. Since mercury naturally occurs in the environment‚ it can exist in several forms and there are three main forms it takes on; there is Elemental mercury‚ organic mercury and inorganic mercury and each
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molecule can be the difference between having a medically active‚ effective drug and a toxic‚ potentially lethal‚ substance. For instance‚ one enantiomer of the molecule Naproxen is used to treat arthritis pain but the other enantiomer causes liver poisoning. With such high stakes‚ it is easy to see the importance of being able to create molecules in the exact way necessary to yield the desired effects. Therefore‚ it is necessary for synthetic chemists to have reagents that allow them to be selective
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Weight loss Irritability‚ temper outbursts‚ aggression Effects of TIK Abuse What are the medical complications ? rapid heart rate‚ irregular heartbeat‚ increased blood pressure convulsions damaged blood vessels and skin abscesses Acute lead poisoning 50 % of the dopamine producing cells in the brain can be damaged Tik : not a great injectionable drug Dental problems caused by Meth (injecting Meth intravenously) Abscesses caused by: Cranking Meth Needle Marks TIK Psychosis
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Question 1 The first statement is correct as lead is a highly intoxicated substance that can cause damage‚ especially in young children. There are many symptoms to lead poisoning which include: irritability‚ loss of appetite and nausea‚ headaches‚ unexplained abdominal pain‚ muscle aches‚ constipation‚ learning problems‚ short attention span‚ easily distracted‚ mental retardation and behaviour problems including aggression and impulsivity. As seen in the statement “this is disturbing because it
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Exposure to lead has been proven to be a large public health concern. For the purposes of this paper‚ I am going to introduce what lead is‚ how people are exposed to lead‚ and the physiologic effects of lead exposure‚ focusing on acute lead toxicity‚ but more specifically‚ on chronic low level lead toxicity. The supplementation of 3 studies shows the relationship between lead exposure and one of these physiologic effects in children‚ specifically intelligence as measured by IQ scores. Lead is
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