said on Monday. Researchers at the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) in Barcelona, and the Research Institute Hospital del Mar studied changes in indicators of mutagenicity - permanent mutation of the DNA - among a group of swimmers in a chlorinated pool. "The evidence of genotoxic effects were observed in 49 healthy adults after swimming for 40 minutes in a chlorinated pool," CREAL said in a statement Monday. The researchers found indicators increased risk of cancer in healthy
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make our first dive. We were all anxious to do something after the long plane ride. My friend Rex suggested that we go snorkeling in the coral reefs off of Seven Mile Beach. Personally, I thought that it was a bad idea. I was not a really strong swimmer, and we would be alone without a boat to pick us up if we got tired. But Rex and his brother Doug would not let go of the idea and pressured me into going, and against my better judgment I agreed to go. The turquoise blue water of the Caribbean
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Emperor Penguin Research When I talk about penguins, what is the first image that came in your head? A little bird in tuxedo, that’s skating on the ice? Well, you may think more than that. They are some interesting birds that live in Antarctica. I’ll be telling you some facts about one specific type of penguins, - the Emperor Penguins. The emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and they only live in Antarctica. They can be 110 cm to 130
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Punishment for Players Athletes are people who are looked up to all across the world. They play sports that many people watch and enjoy. Athletes are role models for many people. Sometimes athletes take actions in their personal life that hurt their team and fans and get away with it because they are famous. Many people have different viewpoints on this discussion. Sometimes some athletes are punished while others who do the same crime are not. All Athletes’ actions off the field should affect their
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Chuckles had run up to them, viciously knocking the first of the dead to the ground. It was a man with greasy, long black hair down to his shoulders and eyes that had begun to blacken and sink deep within his skull. His nose had already been broken and partly torn, and it looked like it had leaked at one point a steady stream of reddish, brown fluid that had dried to a crust down his chin and neck. The dirty jeans he was wearing appeared encased in what looked like a mixture of blood, urine, and
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Paris. His collection named Distortion came to be discovered and developed when Kertesz photographed a man swimming underwater. This photo named Underwater Swimmer taken in 1917, more than slightly distinguishes what his distortion collection consists of. As seen in the photo the water morphs the body; some parts are enlarged, for example the swimmers shoulders and others are not as seen from the waist down. This un-proportional effect caused by the water developed his ideas of what and how he came to
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Unlike the vast majority of English words the definition of moral philosophy is immensely disputed upon. The only agreeable definition, by Socrates, is vague in its explanation. There are however, numerous competing theories which seek to better explain what it means to live morally. The Social Contract Theory, developed in the seventeenth century, is one such theory. Although unique in its explanation, the theory ultimately lacks in its overall evaluation. Philosopher Thomas Hobbes’s argued in
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Brandon Farrow Mrs. Cox English 1 11/11/13 Navy Dolphins Dolphins are smart and amazing creatures. Scientists say they might almost be smarter than humans; they adapt really quick to their environment. The Navy is one branch of the United States armed forces that conducts military operations at sea. The Navy has programs with animals to help them protect the nation. The Navy and dolphins work together to control warfare in the water by using their sonar to track underwater mines and to keep
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showing off our school pride. All the swimmers were packed onto the pool deck like sardines. I am going to do it for them, I thought. But I could hardly hear myself because my heart was pounding in my
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hearing loss as; hearing loss due to problems affecting sound transmission through the outer or middle ear (Robb, 2010). In other words, if you have a problem with your outer or middle ear, such as an obstruction of the ear canal, or otitis externa, (swimmers ear), you would have conductive hearing loss. These are treatable with medicine or surgery if treated early enough but, can become permanent if not treated. Dr. Michael P. Robb defines sensorineural hearing loss as damage to the inner ear or nerve
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