Name: Fayaz Shaikh Prof: Leo Zwischenberger Subject: English 114 “Ethics of Fracking” Fracking is actually drilling for gas, it’s not a normal drilling. It uses very harmful chemicals that are injected deep in earth, almost five to eight thousand meters. Those chemicals crack to rocks to obtain natural gas. As this provide so much gas to United States, it’s been used here for sixty years. It also have some very harmful effects on humans and nature.
So why is smoking bad for you? What does a cigarette contain exactly? You’ll find it quite shocking... just a single little cigarette contains nicotine, carbon monoxide, vinyl chloride, hydrogen cyanide, benzene, arsenic and ammonia. Just by hearing all these substances you get the point that it’s poisonous. And even though people hear about it, they continue with their bad habit.
Some of the possible effects that are thought to be caused by smoking marijuana are forgetfulness, and reduced concentration. Because smoking marijuana is thought to tilt the balance of chemicals in the brain, it is said to regulate mood, appetite, energy, and attention. It also reduces logical thinking and calculation skills, and can impair a persons ability to perform a complex task, like driving a car. The reason for concern about long-term risks is because marijuana causes a build up of THC metabolites, and they stay in the fatty tissue of the human body for three to five days, and weeks in heavy
Qehaja,Vjollca Prof:E.Melamed Course : English 002 10/21/2011 #14 Summary Title: Report finds fault with college labs over poor safety record. In” Report finds fault with college labs over poor safety record,” writer Dan Vergano highlights the problem that students are facing with unsafely labs. As he explains, many accidents happen because of explosions, detonations or chemical fire, as a result causing students seriously injuries and sometimes even death. Since college students need a “safety culture”, those
If a human inhales ground-level ozone it can cause chest pain, throat irritation, and congestion. It also affects the wild life as the animals that eat certain leaves and plant which can have problems producing food. Chlorofluorocarbons are normally found in Freon, halons, methyl bromide, methyl chloroform and carbon tetrachloride. The damage CFCs causes to our ozone layer is very dangerous especially since the ozone layer protects us from ultra violet radiation from the sun. If we continue to dispose of these chemicals in correctly it will continue hurt us especially by affecting the brain, eyes, heart, kidney and the reproductive system if large amount is exposed to
Low self-esteem is one of the things that would affect you you start to not believe in yourself etc. Would you be happy to hit your own parents? When you take this drug, it goes inside your body and ruins your inner organs for example it burns/damages your lungs. Not only inner organs but also effects on the outside like rotten teeth and also this drug can have an effect on your sex drive. P makes you look hideous, imagine going to school or hanging out with your friends with brown rotten teeth.
Poisonous plants • http://www.med.miami.edu/poisoncontrol/x35.xml • Oleander • Nerium oleander • One of the most toxic and common poisonous plants is the Oleander. THe entire plant is toxic. The Oleander plant contains a deadly heart stimulant that resembles the prescription drug digitalis. If a child (or small pet) eats a single leaf or two from this plant it could be deadly. There have been several instances where people have died from eating meats that were roasted from a wood fire that contained Oleander twigs or branches.
Given the recent misbehavior in the U.S. business world, a reasonable person might wonder just how unethical American business really is. Do the misdeeds simply involve a few “bad apples”: a smattering of corporations that make the rest of American business look bad? Or is the problem much broader than that? Further, if it is a widespread issue, what needs to be done”? Even though I found many interesting facts about the 40 Fortune 100 corporations in this article I chose Coca-Cola’s unethical behavior in India and the issues they are having there with Coca-Colas excessive water usage to discuss.
Unit 14 - P1/M1 Smoking Smoking adversely affects a person's metabolism and life expectancy. Cigarettes contain more than 4,000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances. The most damaging substances in cigarettes include tar, which causes cancer; nicotine, an additive that increases cholesterol levels in the body; and carbon monoxide, which reduces oxygen in the body. Diet An imbalanced diet could also have a negative impact on a person's health - the kind that results from eating high-calorie, high saturated fats and low-fiber food. For example, fast food often contains higher calories and highly saturated fats that the body does not need.
To some people - I refer to them as California Health Fascists - this makes me a fool who is recklessly endangering his health. To these people, coffee is bad for your heart, gives you cancer, and makes you twitchy and unable to think straight. It also silts up your body with toxins that you then have to sweat out in an expensive health farm. If you listened to these health fanatics, then you would drink only