Harmful effects of pesticides The term pesticide covers a wide range of compounds including insecticides‚ fungicides‚ herbicides‚ rodenticides‚ molluscicides‚ nematicides‚ plant growth regulators and others. Among these‚ organochlorine (OC) insecticides‚ used successfully in controlling a number of diseases‚ such as malaria and typhus‚ were banned or restricted after the 1960s in most of the technologically advanced countries. The introduction of other synthetic insecticides – organophosphate (OP)
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Smoking has become very common and fashionable‚ especially among young boys. This habit usually begins at school when boys try to experiment with every new thing that they can lay their hands on. Despite the warnings given by doctors about the ill-effects of smoking‚ people continue to smoke. Smokers are addicted to it‚ and even if they want to‚ they cannot refrain from picking up a cigar or cigarette and puffing away. Some youngsters smoke for the sake of society and some feel that would make them
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Harmful effects of smoking Doan Thi Huong Thao BAIU08155 International University HCMC Academic English 2 Bien Thi Thanh Mai Instructor May 17‚ 2010 Abstract Smoking is known to be a primary cause of harmful effects on health‚ family‚ environment and society. However‚ scientist research in health and environment‚ that researches show that smoking cause many diseases‚ even lung cancer. An aim of my study has been to determine that smoking also effect on family and society. Results indicated
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Most people know the harmful effects of drugs like cocaine‚ but what they don’t know is the harmful effects of sugary products like Oreos. An experiment was run by a neuroscience professor named Joseph Schroeder‚the experiment was to test the addictiveness of foods with a high amount of sugar in rats. The results showed that food with a high amount of sugar activated more neurons in the rat’s’ brain than cocaine or morphine. Companies are adding extra sugar to products to get consumers get addicted
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SMOKING’S IMMEDIATE EFFECTS ON THE BODY Many teenagers and adults think that there are no effects of smoking on their bodies until they reach 1 middle age. Smoking-caused lung cancer‚ other cancers‚ heart disease‚ and stroke typically do not occur until years after a person’s first cigarette. However‚ there are many serious harms from smoking that occur much sooner. In fact‚ smoking has numerous immediate health effects on the brain and on the respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ gastrointestinal‚ immune
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“Harmful effects of tourism” There is no doubt that visiting new places‚ opening interesting corners of the planet and exploring exotic sights are always attractive. But often people forget about main purposes of tourism‚ by damaging our nature. That is why the quality of environment has become the essential problem for tourism. And although tourism can be very beneficial and useful‚ it impacts on our nature in a harmful way. So‚ to be or not to be...a tourist? Tourism is an activity that conceals
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many chemicals it contains‚ and the psychological and social effects that develop over time could hinder the well being of a person who chooses to use it regularly‚ or there could even be a change in the nation’s behavior as a whole. One’s psychological health is very vital to a great quality of life; marijuana legalization could lead to an array of mental mishaps due to the initial rise in marijuana usage. The psychological effects that cannabis induces on a body would include cognitive impairment
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Top 10 Negative Effects of Internet on Students Internet is the most powerful invention and if used in the positive direction‚ internet can prove to be very productive. But‚ these days‚ due to the social networking sites such as Facebook taking over‚ internet is producing adverse effects on the students‚ especially those students studying in college. As it is rightly said‚ something that has some positive effects also has some of the negative effects on the other hand. In this article‚ we are discussing
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------------------------------------------------- Be Wise With Plastics Plastics are everywhere and in most cases are very affordable and convenient. But‚ increasingly scientists are finding that a hidden cost may be our health. Some common plastics release harmful chemicals into our
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Every year thousands of people die because of lung cancer or other tobacco related illnesses. Everyone in the world comes in contact with smoke from a cigarette at least once in their lifetime‚ whether it is at a restaurant or at work. Millions of people are addicted to smoking‚ and thousands more become addicted every year. Cigarettes and other tobacco products are everywhere. Most of the addicted smokers started when they were young (Roberts 18). The reason why people get addicted
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