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    Pollution and Environment

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    One of the dilemmas concerning our environment is saving wild life creatures. Cutting down trees is killing their habitat and ways of living. How would you like it if someone came into your neighbourhood and started bulldozing the houses down? Many living species have died because of the habitat changes they have to go through. Many oceans and other water bound areas in the world are being polluted by human waste. It’s killing all water creatures and making water unsanitary. If you really think about

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    Determining the Density of Plastics 1) Introduction ⦁ a) Purpose: Determine density of different plastics ⦁ b) Hypothesis: If density is related to the ratio of mass to volume‚ then density can be calculated by using the formula D=M/V. i. c) Background: Density is the physical property that can be used to help identify substances. D=M/V. mass= found using a balanc and labeled in grams and volume=graduated cylinder or taking ( lxwxh ) measured in mL or cm3 2) Materials ⦁ a) List -graduated

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    Waste and Pollution

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    Pollution‚ contamination of Earth’s environment with materials that interfere with human health‚ the quality of life‚ or the natural functioning of ecosystems (living organisms and their physical surroundings). Although some environmental pollution is a result of natural causes such as volcanic eruptions‚ most is caused by human activities. Sidebars | SIDEBAR | Climate Change 2001:The Scientific Basis | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an international group of scientists

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    Conventional Oil Based Plastics Vs. Innovative Green Plastics The Twentieth century was filled with many inventions that have greatly influenced our world. The invention of plastic was one of the most dramatic of them all. Humans use plastics each and every day and just imagining a day without them is inconceivable. A material can be a plastic if it satisfies three conditions: its main ingredient must be a polymer material‚ it must be fluid at some point during processing‚ and it must be solid

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    plastic bags

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    Why are plastic bags bad for our environment? Now and days everywhere we go we have waste and a big part of it is plastic bags. Plastic bags are very bad for our environment we find them all over our oceans and on streets. The bags also end up hurting our animals mainly our sea creatures. In general plastics are bad over all they waste money and are bad to our environment. We already have a bad environment over all getting rid of plastic bags would be a good strep to take. We would be helping

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    Plastic Surgery

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    How Plastic Surgery Helped Reshape the World As we see throughout the years‚ plastic surgery also known as cosmetic surgery has become more and more popular every year. Plastic surgery has increased to nine percent from 2000 to 2001. There are many various types of procedures that could make the body the way the person prefers it to be. The most popular surgeries that are performed include facial reconstruction‚ liposuction‚ breast implant‚ arm‚ thigh‚ and many more. The word "plastic" in "plastic

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    Plastic Surgery

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    Plastic Surgery Medical science has come a long way over the last few decades and one only needs to look at the state of plastic surgery to be convinced. Plastic surgery is not limited to correcting minor scars anymore but instead now it is also possible to change literally any aspect of physical appearance. The original intention of plastic surgery might have been to help victims of accidents or medical conditions that affect physical attributes‚ most of the procedures are now performed for

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    Plastic Surgery

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    opportunity to stand here and give a speech. My topic for today is plastic surgery. So‚ what is plastic surgery? Plastic surgery is an operation that allows a person’s image change into a new and pretty appearance. In the past‚ plastic surgery is totally a mission impossible‚ but with a new era and the birth of new technology‚ it not a dream anymore. Plastic surgery is an operation with correction and restoration on a person’s skin. However‚ plastic surgery will also bring out the surgery risk. Preview Statement:

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    Plastic Surgery

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    Plastikos “Despite the popular misconception‚ the word ‘plastic’ in ‘plastic surgery’ does not mean ‘artificial‚’ but is derived from the ancient Greek word ‘plastikos‚’ which means to mold or give form” (Schnur and Hait). What was once used to help reconstruct the faces and bodies of wounded soldiers is now used to aesthetically create new faces and bodies around the world. The motive for surgery is changing. Statistics show that plastic surgery is becoming increasingly more popular among men‚

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    Plastic Surgery

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    Plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery is one of the most commonly carried out medical procedures in today’s world. Cosmetic surgery‚ in the old days‚ was left for the repairing of various deformities and reconstruction required during an accident. However‚ today‚ cosmetic surgery is carried out as a whim. Plastic surgery is considered a must by some‚ if one’s nose is too large‚ breasts are either too large or too small or if one has wrinkles or spots on the face. Any person who considers cosmetic surgery

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