Lafcadio Hearn‚ European-born American author‚ wrote novels and articles with exotic themes in highly precise and polished prose. Lafcadio Hearn was born June 27‚ 1850‚ on the Greek island of Santa Maura. His mother was Maltese and his father a British army surgeon of Anglo-Irish extraction. When Hearn was 2‚ his mother abandoned him to an aunt in Dublin‚ who later sent him to St. Cuthbert’s College to prepare for the priesthood. There he lost his left eye in an accident; he lost much of his religious
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Throughout most of history‚ the amount of waste generated by humans was insignificant due to low population density and low societal levels of the exploitation of natural resources. Common waste produced during pre-modern times was mainly ashes and human biodegradable waste‚ and these were released back into the ground locally‚ with minimum environmental impact. Tools made out of wood or metal were generally reused or passed down through the generations. However‚ some civilizations do seem to
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BIOMEDICAL WASTE 1)Introduction: Biomedical waste‚ also known as infectious waste or medical waste‚ is defined as solid waste generated during the diagnosis‚ testing‚ treatment‚ research or production of biological products for humans or animals. Biomedical waste includes syringes‚ live vaccines‚ laboratory samples‚ body parts‚ bodily fluids and waste‚ sharp needles‚ cultures and lancets. Biomedical waste consists of solids‚ liquids‚ sharps‚ and laboratory waste that are potentially infectious
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of improper hospital waste disposal in Zonkwa district of Zangon-kataf local government area‚ Kaduna state Vivan Ezra Lekwot¹*‚ Blamah Vachaku Nunyi¹‚ Ezemokwe Ifeanyi¹‚ Okafor Christian I² and Bawa Adamu³ ¹Department of geography and planning University of Jos‚ Jos Nigeria ²United Nations development programme Juba‚ South Sudan ³Government Girls’ College Zonkwa. Accepted 02 March‚ 2012 This study examines public health effects of improper hospital waste disposal. Primary data was collected
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WASTE MANAGEMENT Waste management is the collection ‚transport‚ processing ‚recycling or disposal of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by humanactivity‚ and is generally undertaken to reduce their effect onhealth‚ theenvironmentor aesthetics. Waste management is also carried out to recover resourcesfrom it. Waste management can involvesolid‚liquid‚gaseousor radioactivesubstances‚ with different methods and fields of expertise for each.Waste management practices differ for developed
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GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF E-WASTE (As approved vide MoEF letter No. 23-23/2007-HSMD dt. March 12‚ 2008) MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD Delhi MARCH‚ 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Preamble 01 1.1 E-Waste 01 1.2 Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste 01 Chapter 2 OBJECTIVE & SCOPE OF THE GUIDELINES 2.1 Objective 02 2.2 Scope 02
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Human Corpse Disposal According to the Wikipedia article‚ “Disposal of Human Corpses‚” human corpses present both a sanitation and public health risk. Like most animals‚ when humans die‚ their bodies start to decompose‚ emitting a foul odor and attracting scavengers‚ bacteria‚ and disease. For these reasons copses must be disposed of properly. The problem of body disposal consists of two parts: disposal of the soft tissues‚ which will rapidly decompose‚ and of the skeleton‚ which can
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result to production of wastes and deploring public health conditions. Furthermore‚ as development progresses‚ population also grows; and apparently population growth directly affects generation of wastes‚ be it solid or liquid. As a result‚ some of the offensive wastes during the first half of this century were hazardous. Indeed‚ rapid urbanization‚ population growth and changes in lifestyles in low- and middle-income countries contribute to increasing the per capita domestic waste generation. In fact
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GEOGRAPHY WASTE GENERATION AND ITS MANAGEMENT DEFINATION OF WASTE DEFINATION OF WASTE Waste‚ or rubbish‚ trash‚ junk‚ garbage‚ depending on the type of material or the regional terminology‚ is an unwanted or undesired material or substance. It may consist of the unwanted materials left over from a manufacturing process (industrial‚ commercial‚ mining or agricultural operations‚) or from community and household activities
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Waste Management Segregation of recyclable waste at source In all parts of the country‚ people by and large do salvage re-usable or saleable material from waste and sell it for a price‚ e.g. newspaper‚ glass bottles‚ empty tins‚ plastic bags‚ old clothes etc.‚ and to that extent such reusable / recyclable waste material is not thrown out for disposal. However‚ a lot of recyclable dry waste such as waste paper‚ plastic‚ broken glass‚ metal‚ packaging material etc.‚ is not segregated and is thrown
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