China and U.S Economy: 1. CHINA and U.S. Air and Water Population The Environmental Protection Agency ’s air quality scale‚ any pollution rating above 300 means the air was unsafe to breathe. Under these conditions‚ people stayed indoors with an air purifier running and remain as motionless as possible when air population was active
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In arsenic contaminated areas of the Ganga–Meghna–Brahmaputra (GMB) plain (area 569 749 sq. km; population over 500 million) where traditionally cow dung cake is used as a fuel in unventilated ovens for cooking purposes‚ people are simply exposed to 1859.2 ng arsenic per day through direct inhalation‚ of which 464.8 ng could be absorbed in respiratory tract. Introduction Arsenic has been considered as a human carcinogen and causes multiple adverse health effects.1 Groundwater arsenic contamination
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passengers carried by the world’s airlines increased 6.5 times from 310 million to 2 billion passengers. During the same time period‚ the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) tripled from 12 to 36 trillion US$. As the air transportation usage grew‚ it came to play an important role in the global economy: in 2004‚ 40% of international tourists traveled by air while air cargo accounted for 40% of inter-regional goods exports. Air transportation is the only feasible long-distance transportation mode for
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The financial crisis that has impacted Greece has taken a heavy affect on the country and the whole of Europe. This Greek crisis also known as the Greek depression started in 2001 when Greece adopted the Euro and became part of the euro zone‚ which then give Greece easy access to millions of loans at a low interest rate. The Greek government then used the back loans to finance projects such as infrastructures‚ pensioners and technologies to modernize their country and compete with their new competitors
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Impact Of High Fuel Prices Impact of High Fuel Costs The rise in the cost of fuel has had an impact in many areas of our economy. Higher food prices‚ costs of heating‚ and transportation have had the largest affect on the average American. This change has forced us to make choices in order to maintain our current quality of life and has sparked a philosophical debate as to how we arrived here and how we should attack this problem in the short term and in the future. Do we maintain our consumption
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Secondly‚ new technologies such as buying on credit and the use of cars had been introduced to the US during the 1920s. These new technologies were so high in demand that it enabled that mass production of products and goods which led to the need of more advanced infrastructure and industries. However‚ the expansion of infrastructure and industry resulted in many Americans losing their jobs which increased the poverty rate drastically. The last sector is that of the Stock Exchange. It was the new
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source has been a top priority to us a human race in the past decade. Many ideas have come in the form of wind‚ solar‚ and nuclear power‚ all having their own drawbacks. But‚ the one that will be focused upon in this analysis is hydrogen as a source of fuel‚ and the technology leading the way to making it a reality. This technology would affect everyone in one way or another if correctly used. So we must ask if this technology is beneficial to us‚ how it might hurt us‚ and whether it is worth pursuing
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escaping into outer space. The main source of carbon dioxide emission is the burning of fossil fuels to generate energy in order to meet our daily requirements. Although the dependable energy supply by fossil fuel is essential in our every day life‚ because of its adverse effect is why the government should implement policies to encourage the use of renewable energy resources to conserve the environment. Fossil fuels like coal‚ petroleum‚ uranium‚ natural gases are non-renewable energy sources‚ which
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Kazakhstan’s economy. Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world and also it has the largest level of economy in Central Asia. Kazakhstan has huge reserves of mineral resources such as fossil fuel‚ natural gas‚ coal and etc. Mining‚ machinery manufacture‚ the production of petro-chemicals and agriculture are important sectors of the economy. Agriculture supplies grain‚ fruit‚ cotton‚ tobacco and meat. The south of Kazakhstan provides well-known “Aport” apples. As well‚ Kazakhstan is developed
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to 1918‚ was one of the greatest wars and the first modern war in the world. This world war I became the gateway to new things. From the political‚ social and economic fields. This war not only inflicts tremendous damage but also costs a lot and affects the world order afterwards. World War I brought down the four greatest empires in Europe without a trace. No more kingdom‚ the state system began to grow. World War I was also the beginning of the emergence of new ideas that flourished. Fascism (Germany
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