Another criticism is the long-term exposure to pesticides such as creosote and sulfate have been correlated with higher cancer rates and organochlorines and lindane as tumor promoters in animals. In humans‚ contradictory epidemiologic studies have linked phenoxy acid herbicides with soft tissue sarcoma and triazine herbicides with ovarian cancer. Green revolution has also been argued to result in environmental degradation and increased income inequality. It has resulted in inequitable
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When the USSR began supplying weapons and ‘volunteers’ to the Spanish Republic during their Civil War‚ it seemed as if Stalin was coming to the aid of international communism to defeat Franco. However‚ most modern historians believe this view is too simplistic and that the USSR’s aid was more motivated by the opportunity to advance the needs of their own foreign policy. Stalin attempted to regain support through Spain‚ which some historians believe was to unite international socialism against fascism
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Intelligence is defined as the capacity for learning‚ reasoning‚ understanding‚ and similar forms of mental activity (Myers‚ David G). For being an easy concept to understand‚ it’s actually very difficult to thoroughly examine with confidence. Intelligence tests have been studied for decades. A few of the hurdles for these tests are reliability and effectiveness on producing a genuine result. It has been transformed into a scientific process. A key scientific process is asking questions to find out
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Sex Education in Schools Pros and Cons Pros of sex education in schools: - Classes are gender-exclusive. This saves embarrassment among students and teach them only what they need to know based on their gender. - Properly taught‚ sexual education could become a regular and ongoing Human Anatomy and Biology complete with tests and grading that goes toward graduation credits. - Students can be taught the correct terms of the reproductive system of sexually transmitted diseases and contraception
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alternative practices could be found -- hardly an argument against the proposed changes. Contrarily‚ her abstract notions forge a dynamic argument‚ validated by sound‚ observational evidence. I would recommend Peaceland to those interested in peacebuilding studies and implementation. Autessere intently describes how institutions‚ rhetoric‚ and policies are facilitated and managed. For political scientists‚ understanding why dysfunctional intervention routines continue‚ and how they are molded from the bottom-up
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is a known advocate for the anti-Olympic movement‚ states “Wherever we see an educated population that has a relatively free press‚ relatively high levels of governmental transparency‚ and that has put it up for a referendum‚ in every one of those cases we have seen the Olympics be rejected” (Gaffney‚ 2016). Why are cities so reluctant to take on the burden of hosting the games? The answer is simple‚ economics. To begin‚ the more cities that are bidding‚ the more money that the IOC is being offered
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Do you think it is useful to join into a union especially the European Union to strengthen their economic positions? The question could be simple to answer but an individual must look much deeper into the situation. For instance‚ what are the pros and cons of joining a
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which changed the course of this deadly disease (The Pros & Cons of Vaccinating Children‚ 2014). Ever since that time researchers have developed other vaccines (The Pros & Cons of Vaccinating Children‚ 2014). Vaccines have both pros and cons when it comes to the health of children (The Pros & Cons of Vaccinating Children‚ 2014). Some parents till this day are struggling with making the decision if their children should be vaccinated (The Pros & Cons of Vaccinating Children‚ 2014). Every parent needs
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Euthanasia has been a controversial topic of discussion in the last decades‚ since‚ dealing it‚ we have to take into account the so-called right to life‚ which appears in many different declarations of human rights (Right to life‚ 2010) and which seems‚ or could seem‚ inherent to our species. By euthanasia we can understand “the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma” (Oxford dictionaries‚ 2010). Of course‚ it may be more complicated
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exercises. The authors’ goal was to compare two rehabilitation protocols for patients with OA. One protocol consisted of solely strengthening exercises while the other incorporated kinesthesia/balance exercises along with the strength training. The study included 66 female patients who were split into the two different groups. However‚ at the end of one year only 45 patients’ data were able to be used due to different reasons of not following up. Exercises were
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