There are several environmental health problems in my community. Two of the most crucial problems in the El Paso area are, water pollution and air pollution. Due to the past industries that settled near the Rio Bravo within the border region, spilled large amounts of toxic chemicals onto the river and nearby sites. One major company who produced and contaminated the environment was Asarco. Asarco has been shut down and dismantled for the last couple of decades now, but left a dent in the environment
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Throughout centuries, land has been an extremely important resource from its area to build on and occupy to the actual contents beneath the surface. While mining companies see these areas of land as a mere resource for sustaining human life, that is not the case for all people. The Native American tribes, for example, view many lands as sacred. Zuni Salt Lake in New Mexico is a shining example of the disrespect many humans show to land. The Salt Lake is home to the deity Salt Woman and is also an
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The Imperial Sugar Company was once known for the vast amounts of sugar they produced, but they are now equally known for the explosion that occurred in 2008. The two main contributing factors of the explosion were poor maintenance and human error. Due to lack of maintenance, the building caught fire, taking fourteen lives and injuring thirty-six. On February 7, 2008, in Port Wentworth, Georgia, an explosion erupted which caused a chain reaction of explosions at the Imperial Sugar Company. This
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Chevrolet and Ford have their two newest version of their Malibu and Fusion respectively. The Chevrolet Malibu and the Ford Fusion both are looking like they have a lot of positives. They both look pretty good, but let us compare them shall we? CHEVROLET MALIBU 2016 AND FORD FUSION 2016 STARTING PRICE AND FUEL ECONOMY The starting price for both of these cars is fairly similar. However, Ford's vehicle is a little cheaper. According to Ford, their Ford Fusion 2016 has a starting price of $22,110
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Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth and then shooting a water mixture at high speed is directed at the rocks which makes them release the gas inside. The term fracking refers to how the rocks are fractured by the high pressure water. They can drill vertically but most often drill horizontally to release gas. The state of Oklahoma has had a rapid increase of earthquakes which started back on 2008. The amount of earthquakes rose from only 2 in 2008, to 889 in 2015(1). The oil
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1997 BPS Chemical Plant Explosion On May 8, 1997, at just about 1:15 p.m., an enormous explosion and fire happened at Unit Two of the Bartlo Packaging Incorporated (BPS) facility sited in West Helena, Arkansas. Three West Helena firefighters were killed as a result of the explosion and fire. An additional seventeen firefighters needed medical attention because of heat exhaustion and injuries during the response. According to the EPA/OSHA Joint Accident Investigation Program report, “The Unit
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On February 28, 2017, a residence owned by Deanna Kivett in Moorefield, West Virginia, was damaged by a fire. Engineering Design & Testing Corp. (ED&T) was contacted in the matter on March 24, 2017. A camcorder battery (the battery), identified by the local fire department as a potential cause of the fire, was sent to the ED&T laboratory in Birmingham, Alabama, for examination. The purpose of the examination was to inspect the battery and determine if the battery could have been the cause of the
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Technology has come a long way. It has brought the world to a new era, an era trusting electricity to power the nations that stretch across the globe. However, this hunger for energy has brought on problems as well. Our reliance on fossil fuels has led us to the issue of air pollution, which harms both the environment and our own personal health. Digging for these limited resources has become dangerous, to the point where accidents such as cave-ins drop down upon those mining for fuel. Lung disease
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Fracking is the process in which a drill is drilled down into the earth before high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand, and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressures which allow the gas flow to flow out. Many have opposing views towards fracking. Others don’t oppose the idea of fracking, in fact, they believe it would help the environment. One would be on the pro side or the con. Some cons would be: The chemicals pumped into the rocks
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One can’t understand what fracking actually does without knowing what it is. Fracking is a term that is for hydraulic fracturing which is a process for a liquid being injected into rock so then it creates a fracture in them that allows it to open more and release oil and natural gas. There have been many opinions on whether fracking is good or bad but in my opinion fracking isn’t really a good thing, There are many pros and cons about deciding if fracking is a good or a bad thing. Some pros about
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