If pregnant woman eat a large amount of contaminated fish from the Hudson River their children are more likely to be born with birth defects. These contaminants are also known to cause damage to the nervous system, immune system, and the reproductive system. PCB’s can also cause a specific type of cancer. In 1983 they delcared the Hudson River a Superfund. It has ben turned into one of the nations largest Superfund Sites.
The virus can be contracted when people breathe the contaminated air or touch a contaminated surface and proceed to touch their eyes, nose, or mouth. The measles virus can live in the air or on a surface up to two hours after exposure of the virus. Many high risk factors come with an unvaccinated person being exposed to the virus. It has been proven that ninety percent of unvaccinated people whom come in contact with the measles will become ill with the virus. Travelers whom travel to countries that have an increased risk of measles outbreak need to protect themselves by getting vaccinated before traveling, this could help to prevent bringing the illness back home with them.
She start complaining to her mom about pain in her hip, next day took her to the hospital where they said she had symptom of a virus but days after the pain spread and the fever got worse. Addie been diagnosis with spread of MRSA, a staph bacteria that cause infections resistant to many antibiotics. Second case, David Ricci, 19 years old American face another threat in India. David been run over by a train and dragged underneath it. Lucky to be alive, he was rush to the hospital, where they cut of his leg.
Article and Case Law Search Nephia Stevens HCS/430 December 06, 2012 Aaron L. Love Article and Case Law Search Critical regulatory issue specific to institutional health care relates to sources, nature, and functions of the law on many different aspects and levels. Ethics and morality often finds a way of pecking its head through the doors of life. Asking the question what would you do in such cases that may or may not occur within the profession? An article of a doctor and two of his nurses admitting guilt of killing four critically ill cancer patients at the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina shows the laws of ethics and moral along with federal or state violations. A critical
There are multiple testimonies that have stated the contamination causing health problems in the individuals and families of the town. A Farmville resident and father of the James family has stated that his young son is constantly affected by asthma attacks due to the contaminated air. The manure odor from the CAFOs has created breathing difficulties for him along with constant headaches. He is unable to go outside without being bombarded by respiratory ailments. The Sykes family gets their water from a personal drinking well, but Mrs. Sykes has considered switching their family to bottle water or tediously boiling the well water.
Together We Stand Letter Outline HUM/111 I. Introduction – I am writing to bring the community’s attention to a problem that I believe is causing children and adults living in our suburban community to fall ill. I have lived here since the community was first created and have noticed in recent years that there have been several children and adults within this community who have developed very serious and similar illnesses. During my research into these illnesses, I came across a large company who is dumping chemicals into our freshwater streams. I believe that this is the cause of the health issues that are occurring.
Though the reasons for this were not understood, the very beginning of the studies of medical geography. Another major turning point in this field was the major outbreak of cholera in the mid 1800s in London, when Doctor John Snow plotted the distribution of deaths from cholera throughout London on a map. A major point in medical geography is the spreading of diseases, which was the main storyline in the movie Contagion. The highly contagious unfamiliar, unnamed disease, which killed people at unbelievably high rates, started from one person, Beth Emhoff who made contact with many people in Chicago, and later spread to her son, who went to his school and spread it to people there, before he died from it. This is known as an epidemic, meaning a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time, with the exception that this outbreak was taking place almost worldwide.
The situation to Donora was extreme, but it reflected a trend. Air pollution had become a harsh consequence of industrial growth across the country and the world. One of these organizations named The Clean Air Task Force (CATF), supports that Air Pollution isn’t good for our world, and the CATF is trying to reduce Air Pollution happening. The CATF was organized by more than two dozen state and local national and public organizations. The CATF says, “In 2005, they cut 60% cuts in health and environmental pollutants from all these plants.” (CATF- “About
According to the interview conducted with parents of absent students from both Truman Middle School Band and class and Jackson Middle School Band class, the students became ill after attending the Battle of the Bands. Students from both schools suffer from stomach aches, diarrhea, vomiting and fever. 2. Come up with two testable, clear hypotheses about what you think is behind the absences. Be sure to base your hypotheses on the evidence you have obtained (e.g., Health Department Restaurant Inspections) and be thorough in your explanation of who, what, why, when, and how to support your hypotheses.
In 1982, corporate giant Johnson and Johnson Company experienced a company’s worst nightmare when it discovered its extra strength Tylenol product was linked to the death of six people. The pills had been laced with cyanide and thus began the company’s battle to resolve a costly and tragic series of events. Four years later in 1986, the company relived its nightmare and once again sprung into action to ease fears, divert panic and resolve a monumental crisis. This paper will examine how the company managed what has been called, “Arguably, the two most important cases in the history of the practice of public relations.” (Seitel, 2007, p. 1). Identify and Differentiate Publics In the Tylenol Murders event, Johnson and Johnson had a number of publics to satisfy: the external and internal publics.