Companies have deposited their waste in the lake, which has caused the lake to be shut down because humans are getting sick and even dying from the polluted waters. Viruses, pathogens, chemicals and toxins are all part of this pollution, which affects recreation, jobs, and habitats of animals. Fishermen have not spent money fishing for sport due to the drastic reduction of the salmon population at Lake Huron. Recreational hours at the lake have also seen a drastic decrease. This devastation affects a majority of the U.S. being one of our largest sources of fresh water, and will only continue to deplete, as companies carelessly dump their waste into the lake.
The first couple of years were not easy for the settlers. The question is Why did so many colonist die? To start off with, one of the problems they faced was environmental problems. Many of Jamestown’s colonist died because of brackish water which was some salty water due to the mixture of fresh and salt water, because of the tides that would happen twice daily. Also, they would dump their human waste into the water and make it even more contaminated so when the people of Jamestown would drink or use the water it would make them ill and even to the point that they died.
Meanwhile, hotels had emptied and foot traffic was down at many retail stores.” People were loosing money because of the spill. The economy faced a drop in their financial balance. Many people left the county in order to find a place they could utilize water. Other people felt as if they were trapped in their own homes because several of the restaurants were closed. Even though the Chemical Plant boosts up the economy, once the spill occurred it created dramatic drop financially and
C228 Task 2 Western Governors University Identification and description of the Communicable Disease Outbreak Tubercle Bacillus or otherwise known as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis is believed to have been in existence for 15 to 20 thousand years and since record keeping began, has caused the death of humans for at least 5,000 years. TB found its way to the Americas very early and was known to be present there around 100 AD. In its early years on this earth it was called the “consumption” or ‘phthisis” by the ancient Greeks (“Why Tuberculosis was called “Consumptionn”, “ n.d.). It was known by this name because of its wasting or consuming of the person it had infected. The patient would continue to lose weight and almost waste away to nothing until they died.
According to Everglades.org, they’ve “contributed to nearly 70 percent of extinctions in the United States” and are the “primary cause of species endangerment.” The water itself is a major cause of decline to the area, firstly because of poor water management leading to water levels being too low or too high at the wrong times has caused a decline in many species. Secondly, poor water quality has had devastating consequences. The pollution and an abundance of toxins and nutrients has helped to kill off many living things in the
From the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, a series of plagues had come through and killed many people. The first wave alone killed 25 million people, or one third of the Western European population. This series of devastating epidemics created fear, gave rise to spiritual panic, and brought about concerns over exploitation. Europeans did not understand the cause of the plague, which made them fearful. You can see the fear in a letter from the schoolmaster at Deventer in 1484.
There were so many deaths many could not be burried properly and were put in shallow graves which also helped the spread of the disease. Very few were immune to the disease, approximately two percent of the population. It effected ever class of people from clergymen to peasants. The sudden of death of many many people caused the prices of goods to sky rocket because people started to get scared to come in contact with outsiders and goods became scarce. The disease impacted the peasants more than any other class.
(Document A) Since there was a short supply of fresh water, many colonists died of dehydration. Additionally, the document stated that waste in early Jamestown tended to cluster instead of flush away. These mishaps caused disease which eventually led to death. Another hardship the colonists had to endure was their exposure to new deadly diseases. Nearly 70 out of the 110 original colonists lost their lives by
"It's all in a day's work..." is a frequent response. However, clinical depression is common especially for people who play a role in high profile rescue efforts. A few examples include Robert O’Donnel of the Midland Fire Rescue, Texas who pulled 18 month old Jessica out of a deep well. O'Donnel never recovered from that incident. He became an alcoholic, lost his job, his family and in 1995, about seven years later, he committed suicide with a shotgun (Lunsford, 2002, Babinek, 1997).
The Influenza pandemic of 1918, better known as the Spanish flu, was the worst pandemic recorded in history to date. It infected nearly 500 million people worldwide even reaching remote locations from the Pacific Islands to the Artic, and was responsible for the deaths of anywhere from 50-100 million people which was about 5% of the world’s population at the time. (Incorporated, 2013) While the origins of this deadly virus remain unknown, it was first observed in Europe, America, and parts of Asia in 1918 spreading quickly to every part of the globe. Some speculate that it originated from a soldier who was a cook for the army stationed at Fort Riley. The virus would have probably been contracted from pork and swine viruses.