Environmental Protection Agency estimated that 70 to 140 billion gallons of water are used to fracture 35,000 wells in the United States each year. This is approximately the annual water consumption of 40 to 80 cities each with a population of 50,000. Fracture treatments incoalbed methane wells use from 50,000 to 350,000 gallons of water per well, while deeper horizontal shale wells can use anywhere from 2 to 10 million gallons of water to fracture a single well. The extraction of so much water for fracking has raised concerns about the ecological impacts to aquatic resources, as well asdewatering of drinking water aquifers. It has been estimated that the transportation of a million gallons of water (fresh or waste water) requires 200 truck trips.
I found that this was interesting because I did not know that on average only 7.6% of adults between the ages of 19-23 get the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day. This would explain why 60% percent of all Americans are either overweight or obese. After the thirtieth day of Morgan Spurlock’s experiment, he had gained 24.5 pounds and increased his overall body mass by 13%. After stopping his experiment, it took several months to lose all of the weight that he had gained and to return to a normal healthy weight. I believe that although this experiment was very helpful it would have been scary for to have “catastrophic liver damage” or to be overweight because it would cause your heart to work harder and cause it to wear out faster.
While China has advanced sanitarily, there are still 2.6 billion people in the world who do not have access to any toilet at all. According to George, “The 1.8 million child deaths each year related to clean water and sanitation dwarf the casualties associated with violent conflict. No act of terrorism generates economic devastation on the scale of the crisis in water and sanitation” (George, 68). In other words, what can be more important than our next generation of leaders dying due to the water and sanitation crisis. In addition to sanitation within public toilets affecting the nation’s everyday lives, sociability is also an issue that public toilets take
Syphilis cannot be spread through cantact with the toilet seats, doorknobs, swimming pools, hot tubs, bathtubs, shared clothing, or eating untensils. How common is syphilis? In the United States, health officials reported over 36,000 cases of syphilis in 2006, including 9,756 cases of primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis. In 2006, half of all P&S
During the 30 min waiting period, the TLC and vacuum filtration apparatus was setup. 5. Even though the lab procedure indicated that less than 25 mL of HCL was needed, we ended up using about 27 mL of HCL. 6. The litmus paper turned a faint red after 27.5 mL of HCL was added.
Even after the signing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act by Bill Clinton in 1996, which was designed to put people to work while supporting them as they tried to become self-sufficient. This did not go as congress and many others hoped it would. The Government Accountability Office [GAO] stated in 1997 alone, states received 4.7 billion dollars more than they would have without the reform (Pimpare). There was an overwhelming increase in Government spending which started the country down the wrong path for many generations to come! At the turn of the century, the Department of Health and Human Services stated almost fifty percent of the American population received the aid needed (Pimpare).
Ryan Witt Doug Peterson ENC1101 December 5, 2014 The Soda Ban Act With portion sizes at chain-restaurants skyrocketing 457 percent over the last 20 years, it’s not hard to believe that in 2030 an estimated 42 percent of Americans will be obese. Statistics like this are what began the Soda Ban’s evolution. In the efforts to “help people help themselves by simply saying ‘No.’” as Nadia Arumugam would say, the soda ban restricts or puts a limit on the size drink Americans can purchase at most food franchises. However, will restricting the public of what they desire ultimately control the consumption of sugary beverages? The world can only advance through education, thus the Soda Ban’s restriction on sugary drinks contributed towards a
In U.S.A the AIDS has become a pock on the social order, a festering emblem of countless other ills. US federal spending for AIDS research and treatment has climbed to $1.2 billion in just 9 years. The total no sick persons of World AIDS cases and US AIDS cases is given in ANX A TO this paper.In 1991 there were a conference regarding AIDS where the scientist predicted that about 15 million people will be infected world wide, but we can now say that the total no may more than what they have predicted. Women are more vulnerable man to heterosexual AIDS. The reason, doctor explain, is because the walls of vagina and the rectum present the virus with much easier entry to the blood stream than does the penis.
According to “ The Risks of Hydrofracking”(n.d.), the process uses 8 million gallons of water for one single well. Since there are approximately 500.000 gas wells in America, this means that almost 4 billion gallons of water resources are being used in this process. Moreover, only 30% of the water can be recycled for reuse, which means that 2.8 billion gallons of water is gone (Inglesby & Jenks & Nyquist & Pinner, 2012). In addition, using huge amounts of water may cause a shortage near fracking areas. This issue is highly controversial issue in United States.
The government can give out meals for those families that are in dire need of food. Second way to reduce poverty is Health Care. Health care is important if someone is sick they cannot go seek medical attention because of the debt they would get from medical bills. More Americans lost health insurance between 2008 and 2009 than during any other year in the country’s