Report on TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTES IN CHEM 111.1 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY Submitted by: Christian Manahan Anna Esperanza Legaspi CHEM 180 – X 2nd Semester AY 2012-2013 Date Presented: March 21‚ 2013 Date Submitted: March 22‚ 2013 Prof. Josefina L. Solivas I. Introduction Chemicals have been indispensable in the everyday lives of humans. Their uses have made life easier and better. However‚ their effects on the environment have been accumulating and
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About Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a serious but uncommon infection caused by either Staphylococcus aureus bacteria or by streptococcus bacteria. Originally linked to the use of tampons‚ especially high-absorbency ones and those that are not changed frequently‚ it’s now also known to be associated with the contraceptive sponge and diaphragm birth control methods. TSS also can arise from wounds secondary to minor trauma or surgery incisions where bacteria have been able
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to emergency incidents as an emergency response driver. There are two meanings to the term emergency response. Firstly an emergency response is the fourth of five related elements that make up Integrated Emergency Management (IEM) when dealing with major incidents. The five elements are: 1. Risk assessment. 2. Hazard prevention and minimisation. 3. Preparedness. 4. Response. 5. Recovery. As an emergency response driver‚ you have to arrive at the scene of the incident as fast as possible
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It was a cold friday afternoon as I sat at the bus stop waiting to get home. I had just got out of an intense Friday lecture from the Northampton local Mosque. The Imam was furious and obviously disgusted at the behavior of our generation. "How do we live with ourselves" Imam Aseem Ibrahim had said. "Most of us have enough to feed ourselves and our family‚ even buy the latest gadgets just because we can but do we feed the poor? Do we clothed them?" He said in anger as he chocked on the words. The
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Hostel life is not without its disadvantages. The rich students get sufficient money from their parents and therefore spend lavishly. The poor boarders also urge their parents to increase their monthly allowance and spend their hard earned money on luxuries. The company of the rich also makes them pick up their bad habits. They start smoking. Some of them take to intoxicants and thereby ruin themselves. Another great defect in hostel life is the mismanagement on the part of the warden. The food
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FREEDOM‚ A CAUSE for CHANGE Throughout history‚ the restless struggle for freedom has never ceased to be. This is a particularly sensitive issue‚ and we can’t deny that certain nations are ignoring it at a high level. It strikes us‚ nowadays‚ how we can still spot news headlines of public figures getting arrested because they are conceived as a threat to their country. The actual so-called threat is that those people were brave enough to express certain political opinions. Nevertheless‚ today
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billions of plastic bags‚ toxic waste‚ billions of tons of household waste and more. We bury the waste. We burn the waste. Then we ignore it. It made me think about the waste we create and “get rid of” and how we need to go about things in the future. “Trashed” was filled with terrible truths‚ which is depressing. This documentary however was also filled with digestible and do-able solutions to the problems we have created and continue to expand into even bigger problems. Agent Orange was contaminated
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Thomas Newberg Chemical Weapons Convention Historically chemical weapons are rarely seen in combat but when they are they are used to great effect‚ killing thousands and injuring many more. Chemical weapons were first used in combat in May 1915 when the Germans released chlorine gas against the French in the Battle of Ypres. Over the course of WWI new chemical agents were developed including cyanide‚ phosgene and mustard gas. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 condemned chemical weapons but states that
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. Computer Security Incident Response Team or CSIRT; How and why the “team” is established Debi Bradford American Public University Professor Johnny Justice June 20‚ 2014 . Computer Security Incident Response Team or CSIRT; How and why the “team” is established Before most of you were born‚ i.e.‚ 1970’s‚ computers were something that was talked about‚ but people didn’t have things such as tablets‚ laptops or desktops. You heard about places such as IBM and their Big computers that
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Date ……………………………….. Total Word Count 1492 I declare that‚ except where specifically indicated‚ all the work presented in this report is my own and I am the sole author of all parts. Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an uncommon but serious systemic infection which can occur in males and females of all ages. Symptoms include fever‚ hypotension and desquamation of the skin. The two main micro-organisms that cause TSS are Staphylococcus aureus
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