Shocking Statistics About Tobacco There are 12 Crores tobacco users in India i.e. every 9th Indian consumes tobacco. Sixteen percent are cigarette smokers‚ 44% are bidi smokers and 40% are tobacco chewers and snuffers in the form of Gutka‚ Mishri‚ Zarda‚ Khaini‚ Pan Masala‚ chewing the Betal Quid and snuffing Nasvar. Smokers have 20-25 times higher risk of developing Cancer Bidis are more lethal than cigarettes Chewing and inhaling smokeless tobacco is the most lethal form of tobacco available
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Millions of disposable plastic bags are used and discarded in Washington each year. A beached grey whale was found in West Seattle in 2010 with 20 plastic bags in its stomach. Small pieces of plastic can absorb toxic pollutants like DDT and PCB. Scientists have found that fish are ingesting these toxins when they ingest plastic‚ concentrating the chemicals in the food chain. There is a good chance that we also absorb these pollutants when we eat fish. The good news is‚ Washingtonians are taking
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pose to human health‚ the environment‚ and the impact on the global economy. Organic food can be a hazard to human’s health. There are three natural chemical’s contained in some organically grown foods that can cause a risk of cancer to people. DDT‚ DDE‚ or Alar‚ these are 3 pesticides that are banned in the U.S. and other countries (Silver‚ 2006). Rotenone is a neurotoxin that is used by organic farmers that has been known to be used to kill fish and it has been linked to Parkinson’s disease
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grain of sand. That’s why there is no obvious floating island of plastic debris‚ but rather a fine soup of plastic particles floating in the water column. These fine particles are now thought to act like sponges‚ concentrating pollutants such as PCBs‚ DDT and PAHs. When the particles are ingested by filter feeding sea creatures‚ they enter the food chain and ultimately into fish destined for human consumption. They also harbor unique colonies of microbes‚ but it is too early to say what impact this emerging
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Pollution‚ contamination of Earth’s environment with materials that interfere with human health‚ the quality of life‚ or the natural functioning of ecosystems (living organisms and their physical surroundings). Although some environmental pollution is a result of natural causes such as volcanic eruptions‚ most is caused by human activities. Sidebars | SIDEBAR | Climate Change 2001:The Scientific Basis | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an international group of scientists
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Chapter 7: Parasites and Hosts p 191 How do ectoparasites and endoparasites differ? Ectoparasites - tough‚ thick cuticle; small wings if any; backwards pointing spines (to anchor) Endoparasites - Live inside bodies of other animals; lack locomotory appendages and sensory organs; modified tracheal systems for aquatic environments What is the general body shape of permanent ectoparasites? 2 dimensional‚ flattened/compressed‚ with thick‚ tough cuticle‚ little or no wings‚ backwardspointing spines
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Journal of Services Research Volume 10 Number 2 October 2010 - March 2011 FORECASTING THE PASSENGER TRAFFIC MOVEMENT IN LUFTHANSA AIRLINES: A SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE Aniruddh Kr Singh Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi‚ India. Debadyuti Das Associate Professor‚ Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi‚ India. The Journal of IIMT FORECASTING THE PASSENGER TRAFFIC MOVEMENT IN LUFTHANSA AIRLINES: A SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE Aniruddh Kr Singh Debadyuti Das The
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Introduction to Environmental Toxicology A lecture by Dr Rick Leah (Long version of Notes prepared by Dr R T Leah‚ Biological Sciences‚ University of Liverpool but including material summarized and adapted from various locations on the www*) Aims The impact of toxic chemicals on wildlife and humans has been of great concern for the last fifty years. Unfortunately this is a very large‚ complex subject area which can only be covered superficially within the time available.
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Breast cancer is a frightening disease. It can be fatal‚ and while two thirds of the cases occur among mature women‚ it also strikes younger females and about nine thousand males each year. The fear generated by breast cancer is intensified by the somewhat shocking reality that breast cancer has actually increased over the last fifty years. In 1940‚ a woman had a one-in-twenty chance of developing the disease‚ while today one out of every eight women will get breast cancer. According to the National
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fluoride content; it consists of high impurities and other harmful pesticides contents. Due to the consumption of such impure water‚ people are prone to diseases of the bone‚ cancer etc. Pesticides that are now banned in the western world (such as DDT) are still used frequently by farmers in the developing and underdeveloped countries since these
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