Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known. A report released for public comment in September 1994 by the US Environmental Protection Agency clearly describes dioxin as a serious public health threat. The public health impact of dioxin may rival the impact that DDT had on public health in the 1960’s. According to the EPA report‚ not only does there appear to be no "safe" level of exposure to dioxin‚ but levels of dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals have been found in the general US population
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Countries | No. hospitals | No. hospital beds | No. Psychiatric beds | No. Computed tomography units | No. Radiotherapy units | Afganistan | 0.4 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | <0.05 | Benin | 0.5 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.30 | <0.05 | Bangladesh | 0.2 | 6 | 0.1 | …. | 0.1 j | Mali | 0.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Madagascar | 0.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | <0.05 | Sudan | 1.2 | 7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | Uganda | 0.4 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | Low income countries In Bangladesh‚ high out of pocket expenditure
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ronmClean Techn Environ Policy (2006) DOI 10.1007/s10098-005-0030-7 O R I GI N A L P A P E R Sudhakar Yedla Dynamics of environmental problems in Mumbai Received: 6 September 2004 / Accepted: 7 March 2005 Ó Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract This paper presents the dynamics of environmental problems in Mumbai city. An evolution concept is applied to study the present environmental status of Mumbai. In order to study its dynamics‚ the entire process of environmental evolution is divided
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“Pricing” academic course Spring 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dr. Dinara Bobusheva IAAU Date: Lecture Feb 5‚13 Feb 5‚13 Tue Tue FIN-4 (A) FIN-4 (B) Class time: 09.00 a.m. – 11.20 a.m. Ibid. CR # 109 Ibid. Lecture 1. Syllabus Review. Academic course overview. Section I. The Theoretical fundamentals of Pricing in a market economy: Functioning‚ and comparative efficiency of the Pricing system in conditions
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Concussion conundrum Read and write a review of the following article. http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=140857 ADELAIDE admits it doesn’t know what it would do in a Grand Final if it was down to 17 fit players and a player with suspected concussion wanted to go back onto the ground. Crows football operations manager Phil Harper told SEN radio on Monday morning Adelaide’s coaching staff had briefly considered that very dilemma during Saturday night’s Showdown when forward
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It is often said that the curriculum in primary school should include one or many foreign languages. Although some may agree with this argument‚ others refute this saying this have adverse effects on young students. I tend to the support the latter and would elaborate on this in the following paragraphs. Firstly‚ the main reason for learning a language that is alien for students is that they would grasp anything that is thrown at them. It is a known fact that young kids have the trait of absorbing
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A lot of things have changed me; some for the better‚ others for the worse. My father was an alcoholic before I was born and still is. Because of that I ended up becoming the second adult and parent to my brother two months before my third birthday when he was born. My mom was working back then and I ended up raising myself as well seeing as my father would drink until he passed out and if my brother and I were hungry he would give us a piece of gum and ignore us. He also has a horrid temper that’s
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POLLUTION INTRODUCTION Pollution is the act of environmental humiliation and contamination with artificial waste. Air‚ water‚ and soil pollution is a serious complication‚ which affects everyone in the world. Some of the main causes of pollution is the lack of laws to new industries as well as a poorly educated society. Due to environmental pollution‚ the society has put pressure on the government to create and carry out diverse policies to the control of environmental pollutants. LAND POLLUTION
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and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) Air Quality Management in Pakistani Cities: Trends and Challenges Dr. Noman Fazal Qadir Chief Executive GET & Joint Secretary ARUP Islamabad‚ PAKISTAN email get@isb.paknet.com.pk ABSTRACT: As impact of airborne pollution been widely recognized‚ its management is considered as an important component in controlling AQ in the Asian Context. Important parameters and components of Air Quality Management are being discussed. AQ can be improved by integrating a number of
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REPORT OF INDUSTRIAL VISIT Letter of Transmittal 31-Oct-2013 To The Head of the Discipline Chemistry Discipline Khulna university‚ KHULNA Dear Sir‚ Sub: Report of the One – Day industrial visit On receiving the letter of permission from Bashunddhara Cement Industries Ltd. Mongla‚ students of Chemistry Discipline with five faculty members went on an industrial visit Bashunddhara Cement Industries Ltd. Mongla on 05-010-13. We all assembled at the university at 8 a.m. and left the university
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