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    Looking at the environment today‚ one can easily say that the goodness of the environment is deteriorating due to the lack of concern and care. However‚ many don’t realise that most of the environmental problems that we have today such as erosion and forest depletion is actually the after math of environmental disasters that happened years ago. When examining the environmental problems of the ancient Greeks and Romans‚ the statement “cause and effect”‚ plays a very significant role in explaining

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    i am so afraid of any kind of insect especially cockroaches and i want to act before i have a problem with it. What do you suggest i do to prevent the insects from even approaching my house? If this happens‚ how do i minimize the problem? Thanks There is nothing more annoying than having a houseplant with an insect infestation and not knowing what to do about it. To prevent destruction from pesky insects‚ though‚ you must know what you are up against and what is effective to keep the pests away

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    are numerous famous and eccentric procedures to utilize this balm. Vicks is a versatile treatment for far beyond only a congested chest. In this article you can read 20 other uses of Vicks that even you are not aware of: 1. Repels Mosquitoes If you need to keep mosquitoes away‚ apply a tiny bit of Vaseline on your apparel and skin. 2. Sinus Pains If ever that you are experiencing

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    the thousands of workers who traveled to Panama. By far‚ their most terrifying problem was the spread of yellow fever and malaria‚ carried by mosquitoes. Almost 20‚000 people had died during France’s attempt to build the canal‚ but the Americans fared but slightly better. The medical genius William Gorgas was soon hired. He aggressively fought mosquitoes to cut down on diseases‚ and in the end‚ his dedication was rewarded when he completely eradicated yellow fever and lowered the amount of malaria

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    How was the Panama Canal built? Well‚ the canal was a U.S. goal. It took 11 years to build this amazing canal. Theodore Roosevelt‚ the U.S. president oversaw this idea. The idea with the Panama Canal was to be able to import and export things quicker and easier. This was a successful build. It goes between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. It takes 8 hours to go around the whole Panama Canal on a ship. This just goes to show that the Panama Canal was built very largely. There were some major problems

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    type‚ but only short-term immunity to the others. Subsequent infection with a different type increases the risk of severe complications. As there is no commercially available vaccine‚ prevention is sought by reducing the habitat and the number of mosquitoes and limiting exposure to bites. Treatment of acute dengue is supportive‚ using either oral or intravenous rehydration for mild or moderate disease‚ and intravenous fluids and blood transfusion for more severe cases. The incidence of dengue fever

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    Italian) was first used in English in 1740 by H. Walpole when describing the disease. The term was shortened to "malaria" in the 20th century. C. Laveran in 1880 was the first to identify the parasites in human blood. In 1889‚ R. Ross discovered that mosquitoes transmitted malaria. Of the four common species that cause malaria‚ the most serious type is Plasmodium falciparum malaria. It can be life-threatening. However‚ another relatively new species‚ Plasmodium knowlesi‚ is also a dangerous species that

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    5 Diseases Acording to Nightangle’s Environmental Theory Typhoid Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection caused by ingesting contaminated food or water. If there is not healthy food or healhty water avaiable‚ it can causes Typhoid Fever. Symptoms are characterized by headaches‚ nausea and loss of appetite. Skin Cancer If exposure to sunlight continues for several years‚ the damaged skin has an increased chance of developing one of the forms of skin cancer. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation

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    multipliers of the virus. Dengue fever is caused by four different types of the dengue virus. It is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito directly from one person to another. Mosquitoes are known to breed mostly in man-made containers and are found in all continents of the world except Antarctica. The Aedes mosquitoes’ characteristics are known to have peak biting periods during the early morning and just before dusk. The first case of the dengue fever was reported in Key west‚ Florida in 2009

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    these signs. There are many hypotheses that can contribute to an explanation. Two of these are explained in the online journal‚ Weather and the Salem Witch Trials‚ written by Franklin G. and Mixon Jr. The first hypothesis has to actually do with mosquitoes. The born illness “can be explained by an epidemic of encephalitis‚ a mosquito-borne illness exhibiting many of the same symptoms possessed by the accuser” (241). The girls’ symptoms are very similar to this sickness passed from the mosquito to

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