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- 961: Endocrine Disruption
- ... the most abundant manmade chemical in our environment and found virtually everywhere in the world. Phthalates have been shown to produce weak estrogenic effects. This was demonstrated in an experiment in which rats were given drinking water contaminated with benzyl butyl phthalate during their gestation period. It was linked to decreased sperm counts and smaller testis size. Now that I have discussed a handful of the chemicals from the industrial category ...
- 962: Ecstasy The Hug Drug
- ... or convulsions. If the user is unconscious and you know first aid, place them in the coma position and ensure the airway is clear. The next day is crucial in a healthy recovery. Eating and drinking a substantial amount will only increase homeostasis. Ecstasy, once a diet drug, is now commonly used among young adults as the normal thing to do at parties. This drug maybe great for awhile, but them ...
- 963: Enuresis
- ... stay dry. These exercises include learning to resist the immediate urge to urinate, in order to increase the bladder size, and stopping urine flow midstream to strengthen bladder muscles. Changing the child's eating and drinking habits throughout the day and at bedtime may also be recommended. "Night-lifting" is a procedure that involves waking the child periodically 23 throughout the night, walking the child to the bathroom to urinate, and ...
- 964: Digestive Disorders (liver)
- ... with the disease. The most common way to get this disease is from one person to another. The other most common way is through unhealthy food and badly sanitized water. Not eating properly and excessive drinking will only worsen the disease. There are many ways that you can help prevent getting this disease. If you go to a foreign country, especially in the tropics, always drink purified water, always peel fruit ...
- 965: Depression 2
- ... affliction. This may be because the condition is most likely overlooked and misunderstood with respect to men. Men often deal with the disorder by self-medication, isolation or lashing out. They self-medicate themselves by drinking heavily, drug abuse, womanizing or watching excessive amounts of television (depression.about.com 1). It was once believed that women were more prone to depression than men. Nowadays it is thought that women are more ...
- 966: Cannabis Sativa
- ... later in the Chau period (about 221 to 100 BC), the pleasant feelings brought on by hemp juice were sometimes used for "enjoyment of life". A Chinese work of the fourth century AD mentioned that drinking this juice makes one see spirits. Cannabis resin mixed with wine was used as anesthetic. "In India cannabis was grown for the resinous juice of the female flower and its psychoactive powers" (Stwertka 59). An ...
- 967: Colorado River
- ... and then empties it onto the flat plain of sand and silt where the Sea of Cortez washes the last drops into the gulf. The Mexican water irrigates soil for 14,000 farmers and supplies drinking water for the Mexicali Valley. A 76 mile aqueduct provides water for Tijuana, Mexico. It was not until 1964 that Arizona finally got their share of the water with the passage of the Central Arizona ...
- 968: Crude Operatons - Oil And The Environment
- ... leaking" (Rowell 104). The leaks from underground led into the waterways, killing both land and sea based life along the way. It is only a matter of time until the leaks reach waterways used as drinking water, and then the full impact will be seen. So with these types of pollution, is offshore drilling even somewhat safe for the environment? The results given were just from a simple underground leak. An ...
- 969: Acid Rain 9
- ... water away to the lakes and the cycle is repeated. Paints and automobile paints have its life reduced due to the pollution in the atmosphere speeding up the corrosion process. In some communities the drinking water is laced with toxic metals freed from metal pipes by the acidity. As if urban skies were not already gray enough, typical visibility has declined from 10 to 4 miles, along the Eastern seaboard ...
- 970: Anabolic Steroids
- ... DHT stands for dihydrotestosterone. The more serious and rare side effects are things like heart attacks and cancer. You do too much of anything and it is going to kill you. Take cigarette smoking and drinking. These things are legal and definitely deadly with continued use. Steroids are meant to be taken in 10 to 12 week cycles with a 12 week off cycle. A cycle is the period that a ...
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