see bottles‚ dry leaves and plastic bags among others in these drains. There is an urgent need to clear these drains as the stagnant water is an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes (point 5). The residents are worried as there has been a sharp increase in dengue cases (point 6) documented in the last two months. 4. The street lights along several roads are not working (point 7) as well. This has caused several accidents at night (point 8)‚ mostly involving motorcyclists as they are unable to see in the dark
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Pollution Uploaded by msnarayana on Oct 13‚ 2012 The earth is a wonderful place which we share with the plants‚ animals and birds. We must preserve the land we live on. A pollutant is any substance which contaminates the air‚ water and land. Pollution is the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment or harmful changes that occur in the environment due to human actives are pollution. Pollution could be of in air‚ water and land. As these harmful substances‚ gases and quality
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The Bombay Plague Epidemic There were several important events that occurred during the Colonial era which are highly noticeable. One such was the abrupt attack of the Plague in the city of Bombay which was one of the major cities under the control of the Colonial government. The Plague which came to Bombay was a Bubonic Plague which was highly dangerous in nature. The city has no memory of ever having harbored it in the winter of 1896.It was considered likely to have arrived from its sinister
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with 25% of Bolivian children under 3 have or currently suffering from malnutrition and many children are becoming stunted. Bolivia is vulnerable to diseases because of poor health care. With tuberculosis‚ HIV/AIDS‚ malaria‚ chagas‚ leishmaniasis‚ dengue fever‚ and yellow fever‚ Bolivia is in desperate need of help. Poverty and lack of health care are most commonly factors of these problems along with lack of awareness. In a city in Bolivia called El Alto‚ there is a program being implemented called
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Natural Insect Repellent Background of the study Rainy season here in the Philippines means bug bites and bug-borne diseases. Diseases like malaria‚ dengue fever‚ yellow fever and such are caused by a bite of an infected arthropod. There are several ways of getting rid of these pesky arthropods and the most common way is by using bug sprays. Bug sprays on the market – including the ones with DEET (diethyltoluamide) – have been deemed safe if used as directed. DEET is an active ingredient in many
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surface attract mosquitos (Butler). Mosquitoes can smell their dinner from an impressive distance of 50 meters‚ explained by Edman from the website‚ http://www.webmd.com/allergies/features/are-you-mosquito-magnet. Diseases caused by Mosquitos such as dengue‚ malaria‚ encephalitis‚ etc.‚ can affect us in different ways especially to our health. According to the experts of www.scribd.com/-Mosquito-Facts-and-Trivia‚ female mosquitos may lay 100- 300 eggs at a time and may average 1‚000 to 3‚000 offspring
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These electronic devices have been shown to have no effect as a mosquito repellent by studies done by the EPA and many universities.[1] Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne diseases such as malaria‚ Lyme disease‚ dengue fever‚ bubonic plague‚ and West Nile fever. Pest animals commonly serving as vectors for disease include the insects flea‚ fly‚ and mosquito; and the arachnid tick. Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural"
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are too many diseases to get eradicate. There are also diseases that are very hard to kill or eradicate like different cancers. The diseases can also mutate and evolve to be immune to some vaccines or antibiotics. I think that is I think it is impossible to eradicate all diseases in twenty years because there are just too many diseases and it would take time to make the vaccines and to eradicate the diseases. There are over 12‚000 diseases in the world. To eradicate a disease‚ it must be eliminated
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disease by consuming water that may not be healthy. For them - it’s either risk infection or die from thirst! It is a horrible position to be in." Unsafe drinking water can carry diseases such as malaria‚ trypanosomiasis‚ intestinal worm infections‚ dengue‚ and schistosomiasis - as well as bacteria that can lead to deadly diarrheal infections. "In some areas‚" the report continued‚ "the level of suffering and misery owing to the inadequacy of clean water is almost beyond comprehension judging by the
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people that disagree with what I’m saying. Do you really want to put america through another Ebola scare? Not just Ebola either it would be the Ebola scare times one hundred because it would just be the Ebola it would be a deadly mixture of swine flu‚ dengue fever‚ Ebola virus‚ and tuberculosis so just think about that while I move on to my next
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