Agent Orange and the Soldiers who lived through it By: Zack Southard Period 7 Table of Contents History and use Pages 3-8 Effects on the Vietnamese People Pages 8-9 Ecological Effects Pages 9-10 Effects on U.S. veterans Pages 10-11 Legal and diplomatic Proceedings Pages 11-14 History and Use Agent Orange was first developed at the University of Chicago during World War II. Professor E.J. Kraus identified a way to control the growth of plants by injecting them with hormones. Broadleaf vegetation was especially susceptible to sudden, rapid growth, which caused plant death. Although it was the most widely used chemical in the war, Agent Orange was not the only herbicide available for the defoliation effort.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, more commonly known as Superfund, was signed into law on December 11, 1980. It is designed to clean up the most polluted, complex, uncontrolled or abandoned sites contaminated by hazardous waste. It authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to find who contaminated these sites and compel them to clean them up. If a responsible party cannot be found the EPA is authorized to clean up the site on it’s own utilizing funds from a specially set up trust. Celebrating it’s 30 years in operation the “Superfund” has completed construction of clean up remedies on 67.5% of sites on the National Priorities List.
(live science.com) One of the most memorable rogue wave occurrences was on October 30, 1991. It was called the perfect storm. According to CNN.com, an enormous extra tropical low is creating havoc along the entire Eastern Atlantic Seaboard in this infrared image at 1200 UTC (0700 EST) on October 30, 1991. Labeled the "perfect storm" by the National Weather Service, the storm sank the sword fishing boat Andrea Gail, whose story became the basis for the currently best-selling novel "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger. Ocean waves peaked at 100 feet, the height of 10-story buildings.
The highly political aspect of the Yucca Mountain issue is shown in a directive issued by the NRC to begin closing out the evaluation of Yucca Mountain. In an article by Steve Tetreault “one of the five commissioners for the independent nuclear safety agency protested the directive.” The result was two commissioners recommended releasing an upcoming safety evaluation, while the other three commissioners abstained from the vote. As a The result was a quorum was not achieved and the directive is being will be carried out. This came shortly after Kenneth Rogers (who served on the commission from 1987-1997) said he did not believe the NRC Chairman, Gregory Jaczko, had the authority to issue a shutdown order. Rogers also feared the NRC’s reputation for independence was being tainted (Tetreault).
Richard Block lnsert Editor Since the Muriqui is the largest mammal entirely restricted to Brazil, and a single-species genus with no close relatives, it has become an appropriate symbol for the Brazilian conservation movement. In addition, World Wildlife Fund, the Brazilian Conservation Foundation and the Federal University of Minas Gerais have initiated a campaign
Author of “Aids, Opium, Diamonds and Empire” to speak on the evolution of the FDA depicted in this documentary, “ Titans of industry really wanted to control the world finance system as a whole”. Null goes on to say that there were many types of medical education across the United States. When the Rockefellers took over the medical industry they closed down those schools and only promoted sales of their drugs, surgery and radiation. The Rockefellers had an alliance with I.G. Farben whom is known as the largest chemical and pharmaceutical company in the world.
You can’t forget the Washington conference when the US, Japan, Italy, and France all scraped their battleships and agreed not to build anymore for 10 years. The Kellogg-Briand Pact, sixty-two countries signed this agreement to always settle disputes peacefully. The London Naval Conference placed limits on the building of submarines, cruisers and destroyers. There are many reasons why WWII began. The Japan invaded Manchuria which violated the League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
In the article “No Sympathy” was a quote by Prime Minister David Tusk stated two years before as he replied to a human rights group as said “I do not believe that we can call these individuals -- these creatures -- human beings," he added. "So in this case, we don't need to discuss human rights." At the end of the day the important question to ask is this. Is castration about punishment of offenders or public safety? Dr. Keith Albow gave his analysis on Fox News.com in the article “chemical castration” his article conveniently contains info discussing of a scientific study that found that offenders on Depo-Provera re-offended less than 1 percent in comparison to 68 whom were not taking the drug.
He teaches environmental history at the University of Southern California and the Claremont Graduate School. 0 1995 Editorial Board of Antipode. Published by Blackwell Publishers, 238 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA, and 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 IJF UK. 222 MIKE DAVIS Apocalypse Themepark What was exceptional was not the storm itself (a “20-year event” according to meteorologists),but the way in which it was instantly
When they dropped the bomb It is a news article written by Dr. Paul Kengor who is a professor of political science at Grove City College. It was posted at Townhall.com which is a print magazine with a conservative viewpoint, which is primarily dedicated to conservative United States politics. The article is about when the United States attacked Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, which ended up killing 100.000 to 200.000 people. The article shows how grateful the American’s are that the war ended the way it did instead of setting thousands of soldiers to go to war in Japan and they would fight for so long without getting closer to peace. The bombing was necessary because the Japanese wouldn’t surrender, so the war would have