(Hall). Bullying as any form of verbal‚ physical‚ written‚ or electronic expressed act causing physical‚ psychological or emotional hurt to the victim. It can take any form‚ but the negative long term effects on mental health can be very severe if not managed early (Gulf news). Bullying can have a lasting effect on a person’s mental health; a new study finds that children who were bullied frequently when they were 8 years old were more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder that needed treatment
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ABSTRACT Bullying is defined as intimidating or inflicting deliberate harm that is continuous and creates an inequality of control. Bullying is often considered an initiation‚ and is mistakenly so. The journal article Long-term Effects of Bullying by Dieter Wolke and Suzet Tanya Lereya covers the major risk factors for ones mental and physical health‚ as well as the adjustment into adult life. This behavior has been discounted by health professionals in the past‚ but needs to be recognized as a
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With regards to alcohol has many long term effects. The bloodstream transports blood all over the body. As soon as alcohol is consumed‚ it goes into the bloodstream and spreads throughout the body. It can affect the bones; it was said in‚ “Effects of Heavy Drinking‚” that alcohol can make arthritis more painful by inflaming the joints that are affected. Another example of liquor affecting the bones is gout which is another form of arthritis that harms the foot. The consumption of alcohol makes this
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Did you know that for every cigarette you smoke you can lose eleven minutes off your life? Smoking can not only leave you with long term affects you may not be able to get rid of but it will leave you poor and maybe dead. Mankind first came in touch with tobacco approximately eighteen thousand years ago‚ when migrant Asiatic people first intersected the Bering Strait and extended across the continents today known as the Americas‚ where tobacco is native (Gately ‚2001). Mayan Indians of Mexico
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Water is a very important part of our lives. We use it for nearly everything – drinking‚ food preparation‚ laundry‚ dishes‚ hygiene‚ etc. We swim in it‚ boat in it‚ and play in it. In fact‚ 70% of our world is covered in water. However‚ 97% of that water is saltwater and we are unable to drink it‚ leaving only three percent of the planet’s water drinkable. But two percent of the world’s freshwater is frozen in glaciers and ice caps. Only one percent of this freshwater can be used and consumed. Therefore
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sector (PEM‚ 2003). As stated in the EMB report‚ domestic wastewater discharges contribute highest to the BOD load as the lack of sewage treatment system allows more than 90 percent of inadequately treated domestic sewage to be discharged into surface waters‚ which contain bacteria and viruses that threaten human life. Geographically‚ data show that one-third (30 percent) of BOD generation comes from Metro Manila and Region IV alone‚ at 18 and 15 percent‚ respectively (PEM‚ 2003). Industrial wastewater
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people die each year just from drinking polluted water? Well‚ that’s a true fact! There are three main reasons that we need to prevent water pollution. Humans and animals can become poisoned‚ we are harming our environment‚ and the last reason is because of the amount of organisms dying. Can you believe that this all happens just because of water pollution? First‚ we will focus on humans and animals being poisoned. When humans and animals drink water that is contaminated they can become sick. One
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allies during World War 2 the only issue the super power’s shared was their “commitment to defeating the Axis power (America A Concise History 731). The issue between the two quickly escalated and spread to the rest of the world. The third world was a term used for “developing or ex-colonial nations in Asia‚ Latin America‚ Africa‚ and the Middle East” (America A Concise History 751). The United States primary goal was to stop the spread of communism in certain countries. Although the Soviet Union and
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Water pollution has become increasingly troubling in the last few decades. Even though many new laws have been enacted to try to protect the water sources there is still much work to be done to keep the water systems of the world clean and pollution free. One way that information can be spread about the problems regarding water pollution is by writing water pollution articles. Water pollution articles are very helpful ways to get out information about the causes of water pollution as well as the
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Water Pollution Solutions Water pollution has been around ever since any of us can remember! What we need to look for now are water pollution solutions to help salvage our planet. So read on to know about some water pollution solutions... Water pollution is a problem that isn’t new to us. Water pollution has been around since time immemorial‚ though the severity of the problem has only recently struck environmentalists the world over. Although there are a lot of strict laws in the United States
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