squashed together in the slums. Some examples are in Sydney – Pyrmont‚ Redfern and Surry Hills and in Melbourne – Collingwood‚ Richmond‚ Port Melbourne and Footscray. They lived at the bottom of hills where flooding enabled water borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever to breed spread throughout communities. Families of 10 were squeezed into inadequately sized‚ poorly insulated‚ iron houses where they struggled to pay rent and other necessities due to low wages‚ lack of government welfare‚ no minimum
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18th Century During the Industrial Revolution‚ disease was responsible for many deaths‚ and people then were not in good health. There was no knowledge of what caused diseases such as cholera‚ small pox or tuberculosis‚ and no one knew how to cure them yet. As cities started to grow more populated‚ people’s health became worse due to pollution and other factors. People were poorly fed and did not receive all the nutrients they needed to stay healthy. Even drinking water‚ an essential nutrient
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people had trouble in communication‚ but today this problem has solved by internet. In additional‚ the most important advance of technology or science appear in medicine. we had a lot of disease in the past that there is no cure for them such as Cholera‚ Pestilence‚ Tuberculosis‚ but now we can cure them.However‚ with all advantage of technology‚ there is some dark side. We do our work easier‚ we do not worry about disease‚ we have new energy source like nuclear energy‚ nonetheless we lost our humanity
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80 years have passed and our world has changed drastically. During 1750 to 1830 the Industrial Revolution spread among Britain. People who worked in the factories during the Industrial Revolution weren’t pleased. Working in these factories was very unpleasant and also harmful to men‚ women and even children. The living conditions weren’t suitable either. For example‚ the people living in the urban areas weren’t happy. The houses were in bad quality. People who worked in the mines were very dangerous
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Silk hat became the new trend. C. New ways of felting hats without using fibrous under hair from beaver pelts had developed‚ and nutria pelts from South America were entering the market. D. In 1832 trade was nearly an end during a worldwide cholera epidemic because many people thought the disease was spread on transported furs. E. Beaver populations‚ were no longer sufficient by over trapping. F. Losses of human life rose due to poisoned snakes and crow to encounter more hostile tribes
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Although so many disparities exist between three sisters in terms of writing style‚ value and reputation‚ they have many things in common‚ such as the usage of Gothic element and the theme of feminism. When considering the common features they all have‚ it is inevitable to mention their family and life experience. Their interest towards literature and writing was firstly cultivated by their father Patrick Bronte. Patrick Bronte was ‘a poet‚ writer‚ and polemicist’ (Wikipedia.org)‚ who ‘was the
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infection decrease from nearly 60% to just 4%.” (Haney 17) In the 1870s‚ Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch created the germ theory of disease. The germ theory of disease stated that a specific disease is caused by a specific organism. In 1879‚ a vaccine for cholera was created. 1882‚ a vaccine for rabies was created. 1890‚ Emil von Behring finds antitoxins and uses them to create vaccines for tetanus and diphtheria. In 1895‚ Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers x-rays. In 1897‚ Ronald Ross shows and proves that
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continues to be disrupted at all higher levels. Diseases Eventually‚ humans are affected by this process as well. People can get diseases such as hepatitis by eating seafood that has been poisoned. In many poor nations‚ there is always outbreak of cholera and diseases as a result of poor drinking water treatment from contaminated waters. Destruction of ecosystems Ecosystems (the interaction of living things in a place‚ depending on each other for life) can be severely changed or destroyed by water
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In the article “High Tech Trash” by Chris Caroll‚ Caroll explains the effects of e-waste (electronic trash). The article mentioned how most electronics that are thrown out‚ donated to charity‚ or even recycled still end up in developing countries. “While some recyclers process the material with an eye toward minimizing pollution and health risk‚ many more sell it to brokers who ship it to the developing world‚ where environmental enforcement is weak” (Caroll 81). This causes our e-waste to affect
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Global warming is a major issue in society. It has entered political speeches‚ agendas‚ pop culture‚ and sparks scientific debate. Global warming has been said to be responsible for heat waves‚ the rise of sea levels‚ flooding‚ drought‚ malnutrition‚ water pollution‚ and spread of disease. There is proof that the Earth’s temperature has risen‚ but is that really a threat? According to Jonathon Patz‚ with the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health‚ and Sari Kovats‚ with the London School
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