The High Cost of High-Tech Foods 1) What are the ethical issues in this case? I think the main ethical issue in this case is the fact that food not approved for human consumption was allowed to be given to humans. Before humans are allowed to be given these foods‚ long term studies should be conducted. 2) Do you think either group‚ pro-GM or anti-GM foods‚ is correct while the other group is wrong? If so‚ what reasoning do you give for supporting the position of one group over the other
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The annual number of prescription painkiller overdose deaths have increased five hundred percent since 1990; but who is there to blame for this drastic increase in numbers? Doctors should be held responsible for the abuse of prescription drugs among people. At first‚ it seemed that doctors were not taking pain serious enough and they were failing to prescribe the right doses of painkillers to their patients. Sadly‚ this could have possibly started an epidemic of doctors prescribing too much medication
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The High Cost of High-Tech Foods Social Responsibility and Ethics in Management‚ BSBA 325 April 1‚ 2012 Case 13 The High Cost of High-Tech Foods 1. What are the ethical issues in this case? The first ethical issue I perceive in the case is that both parties‚ when discussing the subject‚ base their arguments more on feelings and assumptions than on scientific facts‚ which I find unethical when discussing something as important as health and alimentation. Also‚ there is the pro-GM vision
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Health Care Reform Project Prescription drugs are one of the main increasing costs in health care. It has an impact on the population that could not afford prescription drugs‚ including brand name. The use of generic and OTC (over-the-counter) drugs gave the underprivileged groups in America a better chance for purchase. People believe that the generic form of the drugs do not have the same effect that brand name drugs do. It is a concern that prescription drug addictions rise in the elderly
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Americans spend billions of dollars on prescription drugs every year. Tiny amounts of pharmaceuticals including antibiotics‚ hormones‚ mood stabilizers‚ and other drugs are in our drinking water supplies‚ in soils‚ surface waters and groundwaters. People have been flushing down unwanted medicines in the toilet for a long time and this is affecting the rivers and even the water that we drink. After being taken these medicines are eventually eliminated from the body and flushed into the water supply
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The High Cost of High-Tech Foods CASE 13‚ Page 637 By: Paul Denham This case starts in Sept. 2000 which was when Taco Bell was accused of using GM corn in their taco shells because it was not approved for human consumption‚ just animal consumption. According to David Roy‚ the debates are more emotional than logical. That probably has to do with the fear of human nature consuming something genetically modified. Some of the current arguments for the people for GM foods are that people
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High housing prices in Shanghai The topic of my presentation is making analysis into three parts—current situation‚ cause and solution. The first part—current situation. Now‚ many experts still believe that housing prices continue to rise; just because of limited land. The range of rise in housing price exceeds the range of rise in resident income. It makes lots of low and middle-income people worried about their own houses. Housing revenue rate is increasing‚ so real estate plays an important
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Identify legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings | | Ans: The legislations that govern the use of medication in social care settings are as follow: 1) The Medicines Act 1968‚ 2) The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (and later amendments)‚ 3) The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 (and later amendments)‚ 4) The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)‚ 5) COSHH‚ 6) The Mental Capacity Act (2005) 7) The Access to health records Act (1990)‚ 8) The Data Protection
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warnings; unfortunately‚ many people find out the hard way after using products such as vehicles‚ machinery‚ cleaning solutions‚ or drugs. Generally‚ no one truly sees the dangers or risk of these items until someone dies or is severely injured due to a defect or lack of warning labels. Nevertheless‚ putting regulations on things such as cigarettes‚ handguns‚ and prescription drugs would not solve anything because people would just find other ways around
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Discourse Paper Final Draft The Prohibitive Costs of the Drug War On June 17‚ 1971‚ President Richard Nixon committed what is arguably one of his most significant and lasting executive acts when he issued a special message to Congress regarding the growing drug abuse problem within the United States. Although this message was significant in many ways because of the public acknowledgment that the Federal Government was not doing enough to combat drugs and their associated ills‚ this message is mostly
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