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- 9481: Cobalt
- ... common trace element found in food. It is a component of vitamin B12. It is important to our health. But excessive amounts may cause nausea, damage to the heart, kidneys, and nerves, and even cause death. I think that Cobalt is a neat element. Before I did this report I knew nothing of Cobalt. Now I know how they use it as an alloy and in other ways.
- 9482: Asimov On Chemistry by Isaac Asimov
- ... expirements were done involving this gas. Fisrt it defines the word gas, and talks about different types in about four pages. Thens he talks about how it is combined with flourine to form a poison. Death in the Labratory Here Asimov talks about how scientists have died due to poor lab conditions and other matters. He also tells you a few way to poison youself in a lab such as mixing ...
- 9483: Aerosol Spray Cans
- ... among young middle-class teenagers. It is a cheap, and sometimes deadly, thrill. Bibliography: Aylesworth, T.G. It Works Like This. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Casey, Maura. "When a quick high may be quick death." The New York Times 30 July 1995 sec:cn p:4 col:5 Flexner, Bob. "Finishes for small projects." Workbench March 1994 Kaplan, Justine. "Continuum: Are the Ninja Turtles misinformed?" Omni June 1993: p27 Macaulay ...
- 9484: Acid Rain
- ... poisoned with acid. Further threatening a $2 million a year fishing industry. THE DYING Acid rain is killing more than lakes. It can scar the leaves of hardwood forest, wither ferns and lichens, accelerate the death of coniferous needles, sterilize seeds, and weaken the forests to a state that is vulnerable to disease infestation and decay. In the soil the acid neutralizes chemicals vital for growth, strips others from the soil ...
- 9485: White Shark: Summary
- ... out how to approach this large tiger like fish with silver metallic teeth, Tall Man decided to take care of it himself. Tall Man approached the animal with no fear. He stabbed the animal to death and he himself was very injured and the monster's claws stabbed him a number of times. The animal eventually died and the others just disappeared. Tall Man was washed to shore and found between ...
- 9486: The Atmospheric Ozone Layer
- ... in skin cancer (melanoma) in humans. As UV-B rays increase, the possibility of interferences with the normal life cycles of animals and plants would become more of a reality, with the eventual possibility of death. Stratospheric ozone has been used for several decades as a tracer for stratospheric circulation. Initial measurements were made by ozonesondes attached to high altitude balloons, by chemical-sondes or optical devices, which measured ozone concentrations ...
- 9487: Radon
- ... structure. By bombarding nitrogen with alpha particles, Rutherford demonstrated the production of a different element, oxygen. "Playing with marbles" is what he called it; the newspapers reported that Rutherford had "split the atom." After his death in 1937, Rutherford's remains were buried in Westminster Abbey near those of Sir Isaac Newton. (Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, 1995) The two natural sources of radon, thorium and uranium, are common, naturally occurring elements that ...
- 9488: Acid Rain
- ... poisoned with acid. Further threatening a $2 million a year fishing industry. THE DYING Acid rain is killing more than lakes. It can scar the leaves of hardwood forest, wither ferns and lichens, accelerate the death of coniferous needles, sterilize seeds, and weaken the forests to a state that is vulnerable to disease infestation and decay. In the soil the acid neutralizes chemicals vital for growth, strips others from the soil ...
- 9489: Abstract from: Cloning : Where Do We Draw the Line?
- ... later use, in the event that a child should get sick or die. If a parent has had their childs embryos cloned and frozen and their child dies at an early age of crib death, the parents could have one of the frozen embryos de-thawed and implanted into the womb. Nine months later, the mother would give birth to a child that was identical to the one they had ...
- 9490: Uranium: Nuclear Friend or Nuclear Foe
- ... many health defects such as radiation sickness and cancer. When people are exposed to large amounts or a reaction of uranium at one time, many more severe health problems can occur such as, burning and death. The threat of radiation seepin «f ϊϊϊϊϊϊ! Θhd is also a ΔIΐt danger. The radiation present in the soil and water makes the material unfit for animal and human use, and the radiation may ...
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