Digital Repository @ Iowa State University Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate College 2010 Three essays on food safety and foodborne illness Jing Liang Iowa State University‚ QsingL@hotmail.com Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Economics Commons Recommended Citation Liang‚ Jing‚ "Three essays on food safety and foodborne illness" (2010). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 11759. This Dissertation is brought to you for free
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Teenagers Driving The current driving age of 16 is a great age to start driving. However some may disagree with it. Being able to drive helps you become more social‚ free‚ and independent. This is something every growing teen needs to learn how to be. Driving helps that since you are able to go different places whenever you want to and meet up with whoever you would like. Age does not define how good or bad of a driver someone is. A 16 year old could just be getting their license and so could an
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The Driving Age Most people don’t like the driving age at 21‚ a lot of them are teens. A lot of the teens feel that the government is taking away part of there freedom. If teens at 18 are able to vote and‚ go into the military shouldn’t they be able to drive‚ at 18 to? In some states the driving age is 16‚ I think it should be raised to 18 because most‚ Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year-olds. I think it would be better‚ to get your driving license
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Seconds Five seconds may not mean a great deal or seem like significant amount of time to be concern about; however‚ a driver spending just five seconds to read a text message while driving can mean more than what most drivers anticipated. It can mean a person’s life. Sarah Rogers was only 8 years old when driving in a car with her mom. On a four-way stop sign a car crashed into their car hitting the mother’s side at 60mph. James Trolley was the driver who crashed into them and because he decided
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Drunk Driving In 2012‚ 10‚322 people were killed and approximately 345‚000 were injured. Each crash‚ each death‚ each injury impacts not only the person in the crash‚ but family‚ friends‚ classmates‚ coworkers and more. Even those who have not been directly touched help pay the $132 billion yearly price tag of drunk driving. But together we can eliminate drunk driving. Americans take 233 billion trips in cars each year. Of those‚ about one out of every two thousand trips are taken
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d sRoad traffic safety From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia ’s quality standards. (March 2009) | This article may contain original research. (March 2009) | | Sidewalks‚ curbs and traffic signals in Maryland‚ United States Speed limits in different areas‚ unusually with only a "recommended" limit (130 km/h)
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Gun Safety Some people like to shoot guns for hunting‚ some like to shoot them for recreation. Whatever the reason‚ when using guns‚ there are steps you need to take to be safe‚ whether shooting or storing them. The first basic rule is to never assume your gun is not loaded. No matter what‚ always check to make sure there is no ammunition in the gun. Another big rule is to remember that the safety (which is to prevent the gun from firing) of the gun is a mechanical device and can fail. Always
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insanely every day with the dynamic change in technology. The word "speed" is what give the teenagers the vitality to drive madly. But do they know the negative outcomes of the word "speed"? This essay will discuss the consequences and solutions of driving insane. To begin with‚ parents are always anxious when it comes to their teenager’s sons or daughter to drive. For example‚ most teenagers drink during parties and likely drive while they are still screwed up. They feel entirely convinced that they
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Do you think Self-Driving cars should be aloud on U.S. roads? In an article I read about self-driving cars it explained that these cars are just around the corner. Now that is not a shock with today’s advanced technology I believe that self-driving cars will be a lot of safer than human driving cars because it could free up while on the road to do anything else like make up‚ text‚ or even take a nap. Self-driving cars would also obey all laws‚ but that would not swerve if a child or animal ran
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There’s a reason the legal driving age in Ohio is 16 and 16 1/2 in Kentucky. Kids younger than that in most cases lack the emotional and cognitive skills to bear the responsibility of operating a vehicle‚ said Dr. James Brush‚ a child psychologist who has a practice in Monfort Heights. “Children at age 12 can become frightened or overwhelmed much more than older children‚” Dr. Brush said. That’s what may have happened early Friday when 12-year-old Courtney Mathis of Mount
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