History of American Home Products American Home Products Corporation (AHP) was founded in 1926 and has a history of continuous acquisitions of smaller companies that made proprietary medicines. In 1931‚ AHP purchased John Wyeth & Brother‚ Inc. from Harvard University. Another important acquisition was that of Canada’s Ayerst Laboratories in 1943. Ayerst was a large pharmaceutical company that had introduced Premarin‚ the world’s first conjugated estrogen product‚ and now the most widely prescribed
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Meaning Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness‚ yield‚ and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the 20th century‚ most nations that developed nuclear weapons tested them. Testing nuclear weapons can yield information about how the weapons work‚ as well as how the weapons behave under various conditions and how structures behave when subjected to nuclear explosions. Nuclear testing has often been used as an indicator of scientific and military
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Pollution of the Kosciusko Lakes Pollution is one of the many ways that harm is inflicted upon the earth. It comes in two different forms‚ natural and artificial. Each one is equally damaging to the environment and hard to eradicate once introduced into the ecosystem. Natural pollution comes in forms of invasive species (plants and animals)‚ but also can come in forms of run-off. Artificial pollution comes in the form of litter and adds to the harmful effects of the natural pollution. Invasive
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The spot inoculation method was followed for antifungal activity of bacterial strain Paenibacillus elgii TS33 25. The nutrient agar medium was prepared‚ sterilized at 121ºC‚ poured into the sterilized peteriplates and allowed to solidify under aseptic conditions. After solidification bacterial strain Paenibacillus elgii TS33 was spot inoculated on nutrient agar medium and incubated at 37ºC for 48 hours. After incubation the molten potato dextrose agar medium containing the spores of test fungus‚
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Let me begin by stating that at no time during the 8+ months that have gone by since I originally conducted the Mold inspection on this home‚ not once was I ever contacted by the client to express their concerns. I was only made aware that there was an issue when I recently read the review on Angie’s List. I would suspect that the delay was due to the time span that it took for the land lord to have these clients‚ who were renting the home‚ held legally accountable for cross contaminating the home
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What is Fair Trade Coffee? Fair Trade Coffee is designed to benefit coffee farmers and the environment. In many coffee-producing countries‚ small coffee farmers receive such low prices for their coffee that they cannot even cover the cost o f production and support their families. In fact‚ coffee prices have recently fallen to an all-time low‚ causing extreme hardships for many Latin American farmers.10 References 1.“AntibioticResistance: Playing Chicken With Essential Drugs”‚ Environmental Defense
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connected to habitat loss‚ the destruction of native plants and animal populations‚ and the influx and infestation of invasive flora. The landscaping requires a mass amount of irrigation and a cocktail of fertilizers‚ pesticides‚ herbicides‚ and fungicides to keep the greens lush and healthy. “An average golf course in a tropical country such as Thailand needs 1‚500kg of chemical fertilizers‚ pesticides and herbicides per year and uses as much water as 60‚000 rural villagers.” (Alder) Unfortunately
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Environmental effects of pesticides Use of pesticides can have unintended effects on the environment. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species‚ including nontarget species‚ air‚ water‚ bottom sediments‚ and food.[1] Pesticide contaminates land and water when it escapes from production sites and storage tanks‚ when it runs off from fields‚ when it is discarded‚ when it is sprayed aerially‚ and when it is sprayed into water to
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How to Remove Heavy Metal Toxins with Oral Chelation Do you currently have heavy metal toxins damaging the inside of your body? The answer is unfortunately "yes" for over 99% of us! So what is a “heavy metal” and what do I need to know? If you’re thinking of Ozzy Osbourne‚ KISS‚ or Ted Nugent‚ you’re not alone. The truth is that most people do not fully understand the real dangers of heavy metal poisons and just how common they are in our modern world. Fortunately‚ you can take steps to understand
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The Vanishing Bees Kimberly McNeilus Jill Morstad College Writing II May 2‚ 2012 Bees are an intricate part of today’s society in the form helping to produce foods and also their contribution as insects play a valuable part in nature. There is a place‚ a southern village of Sichuan‚ China where bees no longer exist. Farmers meet every April with bamboo sticks and chicken feathers to begin pollination of their crops. This long and labor-intensive process the farmers endure is due to the lack
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