An Epidemiological approach in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the award of OD (Doctor of Optometry). By Nwogwugwu Chioma Peace Mat. No.: 04/8131 Department of Optometry‚ Imo state University‚ Owerri. Supervised by: Dr. Onome Okereke December‚ 2009 Table Of content Page 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 About The study 4 3.0 The Owerri municipal waste dumping site 6 4.0 Environmental pollution and impact of exposure 7 5.0 The study findings 9 6.0 Conclusion
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Alec Usseglio ENC 1101 Monica Vera 4 December 2011 Cigarettes Should be Made Illegal Tobacco has been in America for nearly 8000 years. It started being cultivated and used for pleasure around 2000 years ago. (Cancer Council) People have been using it for a very long time. That means that the past 2000 years‚ it has been causing hundreds-of-thousands of deaths. Tobacco is widely known for its cancer-causing ways. The assumption could be made that people would
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life in natural habitats‚ more controversy rose around the use of such substances for growing crops. Pesticides initially gave positive results for farming purposes by helping crop grow. Created from the mixture of herbicides‚ insecticides‚ and fungicides‚ the chemical pesticides were flooded over growing crops of farmers. The pesticides first cause a majority of insects and weeds to be eliminated so that crops will be able to grow without interruption. When crops are allowed to be grown
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS When there are some physical‚ chemical or biological changes occur in our physical environment it is known as pollution and the substances which brings these changes are known as pollutants. The sources for the pollution can be natural or manmade. Following are the types of Environmental pollution. 1. Air pollution 2. Water pollution 3. Soil pollution 4. Noise pollution 5. Marine pollution 6. Thermal pollution
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Silent Spring 1. A. I was captivated with the way Carson began the book with the imaginary town that had suffered plagues due to pesticides. She then went on to say that these were based off real events that happened all over the country. Also it was fascinating how much Rachel Carson new about carcinogens and the ill effects of pesticides such as cancer and birth defects. This was at a time when this was not a wide spread fact. B. The protagonists in this novel are nature and the public
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Campbell’s Biology‚ 9e (Reece et al.) Chapter 31 Fungi Though fungal divisions have traditionally been based on modes of sexual reproduction‚ molecular considerations are becoming more important. Consequently‚ no emphasis has been placed on the vagaries of sexual and asexual reproduction among various fungi in this Test Bank. Instead‚ new questions assess students’ abilities to think logically about fungal morphology‚ genetics‚ and ecology. Two new sets of scenario questions deal with the biology
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1. (a) Whole Foods operates in the organic‚ or natural and specialty foods retail industry. Leading the industry‚ Whole Foods Market is the world ’s most successful natural foods grocery chain. Having recently acquired one of its main competitors‚ Wild Oats Market‚ Whole Foods currently competes with two other large grocery chainsKroger and Trader Joe ’s. The company also acquired Amrion‚ a company specializing in nutraceuticals (natural supplements with pharmaceutical-type benefits)‚ creating
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Introduction Between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries‚ many people died by cruel and horrible deaths of buring at the stake‚ hanging‚ or being tortured. The estimates of people killed ranged up to the millions which included men‚ women‚ children‚ and even aristocrats as they were accused of witchcraft. Although‚ poor and elderly women were the ones effected the most from multitudes of paranoia and delusions in those centuries. However‚ certain molecules played a role in this discrimination
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apple trees in the orchard‚ controls should be put in place before pruning the larger‚ higher-up branches and only then should work be commenced. Chemical hazard: Chemicals can be used routinely in horticulture in the form of pesticides‚ herbicides‚ fungicides and insecticides; we will also encounter chemical hazards when dealing with cleaning materials and disinfectants as we have a rota for cleaning the canteen between us. Accidents involving chemicals can have a serious and lasting effect‚ finding
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The importance of chemical To the Farmers in Barangay Quiazan Lopez‚ Batad‚ Iloilo In partial fulfillment of the requirement in Science and Technology IV Presented to: Ms. Cherrie Caseno Presented by: Palmlody Capistrano IV-Diamond Feb 22‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION: Quiazan Lopez is a barangay of the Philippine municipality of Batad in the province Iloilo in Western Visayas which is part of the Visayas group of islands. Quiazan Lopez is one of the barangays which are in the outlying area
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