Medications are supposed to save lives; however‚ as with all things that are not used sensibly‚ they end up killing individuals more frequently than not when they are misused. It is not only illegal drugs that kill; even the drugs that are prescribed have the capacity to become harmful when they are not used as they are intended to be used. While people know that crack‚ heroin and other illegal drugs lead to death in the event of an overdose‚ they are not aware of several others that are comparatively
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)Chemical structure of doxorubicin (C27H29NO11). (Kambas et al.‚ 2013) Although DOX is an effective chemotherapeutic‚ dosage in patients is limited clinically due to severe cardiac toxicity (weinstein et al
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come out‚ therefore‚ many animals die wastefully due to failed test results. We can‘t take animals for granted and waste them any longer. There are many types of animal testing that are done. Some of the most common types are eye irritancy‚ acute toxicity‚ and skin sensation. Eye irritancy is mostly done on rabbits. What the companies do is put drops of washing liquids‚ cosmetics and some other substances in the rabbit’s eyes. This causes redness‚ swelling of the eye‚ blurriness and usually blindness
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Melanie Macleod Mrs. Darling ENG-3U December 6th‚ 2012 It’s A Ruff Life – The Truth on Animal Cosmetic Testing When applying that beautiful new lip color or dying your hair the perfect shade of brown‚ does the thought of an animal wincing and screaming in pain come to your mind? I am guessing your answer would be no as well as would be mine‚ until I did some research into cosmetic companies that do testing on animals. Cosmetic companies try to hide this ugly truth from their consumers to
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Animal Testing Should animal testing be banned? Slavery‚ murder‚ and rape are considered among the worst crimes imaginable‚ however thousands of innocent animals die every day in labarotories‚ why? Throughout the centuries‚ scientists have searched are 74% Say Yes and 26% Say No for animal testing be banned. To treat and prevent disease in humans. Every new discovery must be tested to prove its reliability‚ because experimental results vary according to with the circumstances and the physiology
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cultivated as a food crop‚ both for its fruit and its leaves in some parts of the world. Ripe berries and cooked leaves are used as food in some locales; Parts of this plant can be highly toxic to livestock and humans‚ and it is considered a weed. The toxicity can vary considerably according to where the plant is grown
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The first society to use lead widely was the Roman Empire‚ and many historians believe that this use of lead actually contributed to the downfall of their civilization (Lah). Lead was used in their wine‚ cooking pots‚ coins‚ cosmetics‚ and in the pipes used for their plumbing system ("The Evolution of an Element."). The word “plumbing” comes from the Latin word “plumbum‚” which translates to lead or “liquid silver” (Lah). This Latin word is also how the symbol for lead was formed‚ which is Pb. Over
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Imagine a nation in which a single company is attempting to provide for the manufacture and distribution of all food. A nation in which food is being genetically-altered by a company; not to mention is also responsible for the creation of now two illegal products which were being sprayed on our food. Now‚ take a step into reality‚ open your mind and realize that this so called company is called Monsanto and this nation is called the United States of America. Monsanto is crippling the natural process
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Peppermint was first described in 1753 by Carolus Linnaeus from specimens that had been collected in England; he treated it as a species‚5 but it is now universally agreed to be a hybrid. It is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial plant growing to 30–90 cm (12–35 in) tall‚ with smooth stems‚ square in cross section. The rhizomes are wide-spreading‚ fleshy‚ and bare fibrous roots. The leaves are from 4–9 cm (1.6–3.5 in) long and 1.5–4 cm (0.59–1.6 in) cm broad‚ dark green with reddish veins‚ and with
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References: 1. Witorsch RJ‚ Thomas JA. Personal care products and endocrine disruption: A critical review of the literature. Critical reviews in toxicology. 2010;40(S3):1–30. 2. Fang JL‚ Stingley RL‚ Beland FA‚ et al. Occurrence‚ efficacy‚ metabolism‚ and toxicity of triclosan. Journal of environmental science and health. Part C‚ Environmental carcinogenesis & ecotoxicology reviews. 2010;28(3):147. 3. Saleh S‚ Haddadin RNS‚ Baillie S‚ Collier PJ. Triclosan–an update. Letters in applied microbiology. 4. Schweizer
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