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- 211: Cannabis Hemp. . .Marijuana!
- ... the density of the ozone shield. But hemp, on the other hand, resists the damage caused by increasing ultraviolet radiation and actually flourishes in it by producing more cannabinoids which provide protection from ultraviolet light. Australia, as many countries have thoughout history, survived two prolonged famines in the 19th century using nothing but marijuana seeds for protein and marijuana leaves for roughage. It's no wonder that some Central and South ...
- 212: The Effects of Ultra-Violet Rays On The Body
- ... States, for example, skin cancer is more common in Texas than it is in Minnesota, where the sun is not as strong. Worldwide, the highest rates of skin cancer are found in South Africa and Australia, areas that receive high amounts of UV radiation.”(National Cancer Institute) Another way to minimize the effects of the sun is to wear sunglasses; they protect our eyes from the UV rays. One important thing ...
- 213: Mobile Phone Risks
- ... are set well below levels where any significant heating occurs. The Standard also sets limits for pulsed radiation that are intended to eliminate possible effects where heating is not evident. All mobile telephones marketed in Australia must satisfy the regulatory requirements of Austel "the Australian Telecommunications Some research has indicated that non-thermal effects resulting from low-level microwave exposure also occur. However, the existence of these effects has not been ...
- 214: Studies in Religion Euthanasia - A Moral Issue
- ... Euthanasia is that it should be allowed. I think that it will be ushered in as a law in one state soon, and that that effect will cause a domino effect; every other state in Australia will follow. And, after that, countries all over the world will start to allow Voluntary Euthanasia as either a Statutory Right or be negated as a criminal offence in the courts, as they are in ...
- 215: Pesticides and Their Harmful Affects
- ... hundred and seventy-four sites in several northern U.S. states. Aside from having deformities, the number of frogs in these areas are dwindiling in numbers. The frog population is also decreasing in countries like Australia, India, Europe, Central and South America, and in the majority of the western United States. The Declinig Amphibians Population Task Force was set up by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and has ...
- 216: IVF: A Medical Breakthrough or A Medical Burden?
- ... conception because the male population is highly dominant in the field of medicine and technology. Although this may be true to some extent, "women have figured quite prominently in the leading IVF teams in Britain, Australia, and the United States" (Singer 527). For instance, "Jean Purdy was an early colleague of Edwards and Steptoe in the research that led to the birth of Louise Brown" (Singer 527). The fact that men ...
- 217: Critical Incident Stress (CIS)
- ... so that they can be returned to their normal duties or allowed to go home. There are a number of ways to deal with CIS but CISD is found to be the most effective. In Australia and America 86% of all ESW's suffered from cognitive, physical and emotional symptom's after exposure to a major incident. Only 50% of those people drop their symptom's without having counselling and one ...
- 218: Diet and Disease
- ... vegetables included in our diet actually contain cancer prevention (chemo-preventive) properties. Most people in Africa and South and Central America have little fear of cancer or cardiovascular disease. Yet in Europe and North America, Australia and New Zealand, heart disease and cancer are epidemic. The advance of medical science is measured by the extent to which it has been able to come up with new ways of dealing with the ...
- 219: Laws Against Assisted Suicide in Canada
- ... be. Still, although our countries have a long way to go in providing people the right to die, there are some places where our species is beginning to see the light. The Northern Territory of Australia's legislature became the first in the world to allow voluntary euthanasia in May of this year. Bob Dent became the first person to kill himself under the world's only such law. Yet this ...
- 220: How Alcohol May Affect Human Behaviour
- ... may affect human behaviour. Some Facts(1) Australian industry loses more than one billion dollars a year because of sickness caused by alcohol. Alcohol plays a part in more than 50% of serious crimes in Australia. In violent crimes it plays an even bigger part: more than 75% of them are linked to alcohol. About half of the people killed in road accidents are killed because somebody has drunk to much ...
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