The Sydney Tar Ponds are the most toxic hazardous waste site in North America‚ located in Cape Breton. These tar ponds were caused essentially from a century of steel making‚ polluting it with high levels of PCB‚ mercury‚ lead and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. This was first discovered in 1980 by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Sydney Harbor‚ which resulted in a period of events and frustrations for both the government and residents. In1982 lobster fisheries were all closed down due
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Tar Creek Superfund Site Tar Creek is considered one of the biggest environmental disasters in the history of the United States. This disaster was created from lead and zinc mining in Northeast Oklahoma. Lead and zinc leftover in chat piles would seep into groundwater‚ ponds‚ and lakes contaminating almost all water in the area. The people from small towns in the area such as Cardin and Picher are at high risk for lead poisoning‚ which can have long term health effects. Tar Creek has been pinpointed
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with ideas to write about myself was not an easy task‚ but nobody could have wrote this essay better than me‚ for the simple fact that nobody knows me more than I know myself. That being said‚ lets begin shall we. First of all my name is Samantha. I was born on October 21‚ and have been raised in Texas all my life where I live with my parents and siblings. I have two sibling an older sister and brother‚ making me the baby of the family. I have long brown hair and brown eyes to. In my opinion I’m
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enjoy these activities because I get energized‚ worked out‚ and just have fun. One of the things I enjoy doing is just plain sleeping. I sleep to energize my body. When I sleep it gives me the energy I need to play sports‚ go to school‚ study‚ hang out with friends‚ and the energy I need to type up this essay and get through the day. Secondly I sleep to escape the real world and just have a good dream. I sleep at times of stress to escape my problems and go where ever‚ whenever‚ and how ever I
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Maddie Elizondo Hr 5 Trapped in Tar and Time The article‚ “Trapped in tar and time‚” shows that while we do not know a lot about our past there is some factual evidence thats supports several theories. For example‚ while studying the La Brea Tar pits (The the tar tar pits) scientist were able to find a skull of a women‚ “This is a 9000 year old skull...studies of her skeleton show that she was 4’ 10” and was 20-25 years of age.” So make sure if you ever visit La Brea‚ you watch your step. There
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The Tar Creek situation is a tragedy. I had never heard of Tar Creek but I had heard of the condemned area surrounding it. It was sad to hear about the maltreatment of Native Americans both before their relocation and after. I was angry to find out about the handicapping of children and the lack of effort to correct and prevent it. I was horrified to hear that not only was the town left to rot but it still has not been cleaned up and is spreading to areas like Grand Lake‚ where my own family has
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Despite the benefits that the tar sands bring to Canadians‚ they are destructive to the environment. One of the biggest disadvantages of the oil sands production is the negative effects it has on the earth’s environment. One of the largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions in Canada is due to the tar sands since they require a lot of energy to be produced. The energy needed in this production is to transport the sand‚ then break it apart and then heating water to separate the bitumen from the sand
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COVER LETTER FOR REWRITES When a student’s essay is eligible for a rewrite‚ he or she must submit it no later than one week from when the instructor returns the essay to the student through the respective essay link. The student has until 11:59 p.m. on that day‚ and he or she must submit the rewrite with a cover letter. No rewrite will be accepted via e-mail or without the cover letter. The purpose of the cover letter is to give the student an opportunity to state and to reflect on the revisions
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La Brea Tar Pits Introduction The La Brea tar pits have been well-known for over a century. Before the rise of European settlers‚ local Indian tribes used the tar to caulk canoes and waterproof tents. As the Industrial Revolution took off the early 1900s‚ the tar pits attracted oil men‚ as asphaltum is often associated with petroleum. Then‚ [w]hen W. W. Orcutt‚ the original organizer of the geological department of Union Oil of California‚ reexamined the area in 1901‚ he discovered "a vast
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First of all‚ before I will discuss this article‚ I will define first what is Economics and its kinds. Economics is the study of how the forces of supply and demand allocate scarce resources. Subdivided into microeconomics‚ which examines the behavior of firms‚ consumers and the role of government; and macroeconomics‚ which looks at inflation‚ unemployment‚ industrial production‚ and the role of government. In this news paper article‚ it talks about the condition of the consumer with the inflation
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