OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION: A GLOBAL TRAGEDY FOR OUR OCEANS AND SEA LIFE Plastic never goes away. And it’s increasingly finding its way into our oceans and onto our beaches. In the Los Angeles area alone‚ 10 metric tons of plastic fragments — like grocery bags‚ straws and soda bottles — are carried into the Pacific Ocean every day. Today billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences making up about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. Plastics pollution has a direct and
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Benefits and Disadvantages of Distance Learning There are many benefits and disadvantages to taking a long distance course such as this one. This method of learning can give the student a lot of time to work on the assignment‚ but
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Cosmetic surgery Should people be allowed to have cosmetic surgery before age of eighteen? Cosmetic surgery is not new‚ but the popularity of it has rapidly increased in the last few years. Not only adults but also teenagers want to do the cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery before the age of eighteen is becoming increasingly more and more and nobody can’t stop it. Many factors are influencing the thoughts of young people for doing cosmetic surgery such as their appearance. Many doctors believe
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Topic: The disadvantages of nuclear technology outweigh the benefits With the development of technology ‚ a considerable number of nuclear stations have built up throughout the world .The statistics on this issue that about more than 30 countries have nuclear stations or use them to generate power such as the USA‚ Canada‚ German‚ the UK and China. On the one hand‚ these countries obtain huge benefit of nuclear technology‚ but on the other hand‚ some pollution‚ cost expense and health problems
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Professor Hall English 1101 February 22nd‚ 2011 Benefits and Disadvantages of internet use for teenagers The internet itself can be very helpful but also very harmful at the same time. Internet is defined as a collection of various services and resources. Meaning that you can get a lot of answers to your questions from the internet‚ but just like anything else‚ with the good comes the bad‚ and I’m pretty sure more bad comes from it than good.The internet has plenty of advantages‚ Faster Communication
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recycling of plastics bringing any long-term benefits to the environment? Plastics are one of the most popular building materials of modern human culture‚ but its widespread has brought many problems and caused environmental issues of extraordinary scale. Throughout the years‚ discarded plastics are accumulating as debris in landfills and in natural habitats worldwide. To control this issue‚ governments of many countries have established industrial processes for transforming discarded plastic into useful
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devices‚ plastics are now used in almost every aspect of everyday life‚ creating a much simpler and safer world. Although plastics carry hundreds of benefits‚ these do not completely counter the harmful effects that they have on the environment and on the health of humans. The amount of plastic that has been created since 2000 is nearing the total amount that was created in the entire last century‚ and as this demand increases‚ so does the knowledge of their environmental costs. Plastics are now known
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Benefits and Disadvantages of Young Military Marriage Having experience being in a committed relationship with a United States Navy sailor for three years‚ it seemed necessary to address this issue for young women to make an informed decision before getting married to a United States Serviceman. Whether one is in a committed relationship with a Serviceman and planning to get engaged‚ or newly starting a relationship with someone presently enlisted‚ knowing what is to come with being a military spouse
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"Surgery". This is the seven letter word that fascinates me and grasps my attention with no effort. As I sat in the hospital room with my sick young cousin‚ this was the only word I heard come out of the neurologist’s mouth. My interest in becoming a surgeon began at the young age of seven years old. I was‚ and still am‚ amazed at how profound such an act can be. As a seven year old‚ I was always the clean and well organized girl who was always inside cutting open her stuffed animals and sewing them
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BIGGER AND BETTER IN PLASTICS Factory-assembled towers boast competitive advantages over those that are field-erected Cooling towers – bastions of wood‚ fiberglass‚ steel or concrete – could someday go the way of galvanized pipe‚ aluminum cable and other equipment that has been materially altered by plastics. It’s not that plastic cooling towers are new; on the contrary‚ they have been around for more than 30 years. Rather‚ it is the fabrication of these plastic structures in larger
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