Environmental racism is the social injustice represented by the disproportionately large number of health and environmental risks cast upon peoples of color in the communities in which they live. On a national scale‚ nothing illustrates Canada’s startling environmental inequities more clearly than the lack of access to clean drinking water in First Nations Communities. First Nations homes are 90 times more likely to be without safe drinking water than other Canadian homes. This lack of access to
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11/25/2013 Environmental Consultation Essay The city of Kabwe is an African city in the country of Zambia. Kabwe is a poor city so they cannot afford the expensive earth friendly renewable resources other areas are able to afford. The air quality is extremely poor in Kabwe because of the old lead mine‚ the lead can be transferred in the air. The air quality is so bad Kabwe is in the top 15 for the most polluted city in the world coming in at number four. The water quality is not much better than
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To conclude this hard to process topic‚ environmental racism is something that is entirely present. It not only ruins our earth‚ but our relationship with the earth. Those who consume the least‚ are punished the most and that is no way to live life. Not to mention that this is no way to get our environment out of the tremendous hole we put in it. Environmental racism secludes and alienates people who keep the sense of community‚ humanity and environment alive the most. The North can be viewed as
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Point and Nonpoint Pollution Sources Point Sources Point-source pollutants in surface water and groundwater are usually found in a plume that has the highest concentrations of the pollutant nearest the source (such as the end of a pipe or an underground injection system) and diminishing concentrations farther away from the source. The various types of point-source pollutants found in waters are as varied as the types of business‚ industry‚ agricultural‚ and urban sources that produce them. Commercial
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location will wind up with scarcer quantity of lobster in response to a five degree increase in temperature by 2100. This paper will address the concerns for the survival of lobster larvae due to climate change. Analyzing the physical nature of environmental
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food are wasted each year as well. To give an order of magnitude‚ FAO researchers agree that this wasted amount is sufficient to feed 805 million people suffering hunger in the world. How can we educate students and the general public about this environmental scourge? Indeed‚ interventions can be done towards students. These may include‚ for example‚ classroom building a "pact" against food waste to raise awareness against food waste. In this case‚ we can involve students in the construction of an
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hospitals. Mainly pressure ulcers which are a big problem in hospital. There should be ways to identify if repositioning of patients is needed without having to wait the routinely 2 hours to reposition. Also identifying the area that are prone to pressure other than the most common which are bony prominences. Several studies have been done with the use of map devices to monitor the pressure of the body or mattress overlay to alleviate pressure from the body to help prevent or reduce pressure ulcers. Finding
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According to the Wikipedia “Peer group” article‚ “the term peer pressure is often used to describe instances where an individual feels indirectly pressured into changing his/her behavior to match that of his/ her peers”(“Peer group”). With this stated‚ it is not rare that today’s society instantly associates the term peer pressure in a negative context. Many would say that peer pressure is a negative method that draws and encourages teens to make potentially harmful and dangerous lifestyle choices
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Pressure groups‚ law reform bodies and royal commissions all play a major roll in initiating law reform in Australia. Law reform commissions and royal commissions are set up by the Commonwealth and State Governments‚ where as pressure groups are groups or individuals who review the law and try to pressure the Government for law reform. Pressure groups are social groups who aim to pressure the government into reforming certain laws that they are interested in. The interest of these groups may be
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Arterial blood pressure is "normal" when the systolic pressure is 90-119 mmHg and the diastolic pressure is 60-79 mmHg. When the arterial pressure is ≥120/80 mmHg‚ a person is considering being hypertensive [1-3]. According to U.S. national guidelines (JNC 7 Report and JNC 8 Report)‚ the following represents different stages of hypertension: Classification Systolic (mmHg) Diastolic (mmHg) Normal <120 <80 Prehypertension 120-139 80-89 Stage 1 140-159 90-99 Stage 2 >160 >100 Treatment of Hypertension
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