Occupational Safety and Health Administration Logs

What sort of environments do electricians encounter, that they would need respiratory protection? I would like to know what sort of environment electricians encounter so that they would need respiratory protection. I am thinking of things such as mould, if they were taking out old drywall to fit new wiring. Bird or rodent droppings, asbestos etc. Thanks

Should you wear respiratory protection when cutting zinc-plated steel? Hello I recently pulled an old shopping trolley out of a river with the intention of making it a computer chair for my son's desk. I understand the steel is zinc-plated. Should I wear respiratory protection when cutting it with an angle-grinder, or will I be okay? Thanks!

What kind of respiratory protection do i need to work in an abbestor prcessing plat?

Which agency or agencies test and approve respiratory protection equipment? A. National Safety Council B. Underwriters Laboratories C. MSHA and NIOSH D. OSHA

Why didn't workers at Ground Zero use proper respiratory protection in the days after 9/11? I remember seeing video of workers with nothing more than paper facemasks working at the Ground Zero site, and wondering "Holy crap, what are those people DOING???" I would NEVER have stepped anywhere NEAR that site without proper respiratory protection. In the days immediately following the collapse (which stirred up TONS of asbestos and ash and toxic smoke), proper protection would have involved a comprehensive self-contained breathing system such as a SCUBA tank setup. At the LEAST, you'd want a high-grade biohazard-suitable respiratory mask. That's just basic common sense. However, workers did not follow these simple precautions, and now many of them have serious lung problems or cancer. Some have already died. Why? Whose fault is this? Who set the worksite safety policies immediately following the collapse? The thing is, nobody was actually saved from the collapsed buildings. Everyone, unfortunately, had already died. The only people "rescued" were rescuers who had later become trapped by accident.

Why dont coal miners wear protective respiratory gear? Government agencies step in and require protective gear for health care workers etc... so why dont the employers of coal miners have to provide adequate respiratory protection so that miners dont end up with black lung etc.???

How does the respiratory system protects itself? How does the respiratory system protects itself from invasions by foreign substances. How can you increase this protection?

Where to I find safety policies and procedures for a fiber optic couplings and connector manufacturing plant? I need it for a paper i'm doing on policicies and produres , on the following: Accident response, eye and face protection respiratory protection,personal protective equipment,confined space entry, use of power-operated toolsStorage of flammable and combustible material. Please help me locate these . If you could I would appreciate if u know the web-site to go to. Thanks for your help

What are the scientific or OSHA definitions of dust, fog, etc? I'm reading the OSHA respiratory protection standard. It mentions "dust, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors". With biological safety we commonly refer to aerosols. There's also the (I'm guessing) general classification of particulates. Terms like these seem to often be used interchangeably. What are the official, legal, scientific definitions of words that describe these types of phenomena? There may be overlap between the terms above, or maybe more are needed. I want to be able to use them correctly when I write. And when somebody asks me!

Can Zantac reduce your defense against respiratory illness? I remember taking Zantac the other day, my feet were cold and it is a cold climate, and I ended up getting sick the next day. Namely a sore throat, blocked nose and a cough, so a common cold. I wanted to know if blocking stomach acid in cold environments can reduce your protection from the common cold, because I usually don't get sick, though it could have been a coincidence.

Do you think the tire changers should wear protection? it's crazy how much brake dust comes off those wheels I thought brake dust can cause respiratory damage and lung cancer, what do those guys do to prevent from breathing in a dose of brake dust?

Where can I get a Gas Mask and filter canisters for a reasonable price.? I am thinking about getting some respiratory protection for these unpredictable times. the only place I know to look is ebay and they are asking ridiculous amounts for their gas masks, and the filters cost so much it is actually cheaper to buy another mask that comes with a filter. So where can I get some reasonably priced gas mask stuff preferably online, or in mid Michigan. Suggested Category Sports > Swimming & Diving

why do wildland firefighters not protect their airways better? i have been out there for 2 seasons now and am baffled as to why they dont make better respiratory protection for us. any advice as to how to deal with the thick smoke for example on a mobile attack? already use hot shield.

Did I mess up taking off wall paneling? I could not tell difference between mildew & mold. Nothing looked like the pictures I saw.I removed the paneling frm basement walls, used a steel brush,washed down w/bleach & water,rinsed. Used eye protection/respiratory protection. what are my effects if I breathed any of this. How should I feel. All I need to do now is use my basement proof paint and tada? Right. thank U

How does the ribcage aid the function of the organs it surrounds? In vertebrates the ribcage surrounds the lungs, heart, respiratory systems and the upper digestive system. How does it aid in the function of these organs? Is it mostly for protection?

Stripping hardwood kitchen cabinets? I have dark oak kitchen cabinets that are from the late 1970's and I want to lighten them somehow by stripping and refinishing them. I am not sure if I would strip the narrow panels of "wood" that is between the cabinet fronts the same way as the cabinet doors? How do I go about this? Do I need any special respiratory protection mask? What products can I use since I live in southern Alberta, Canada (We do have a Home Depot in our city)? A few of the cabinet doors are warped, is there a way of fixing it? Thank you

Silica Exposure and Your Experience Is this a true statement? I found it on a web supposedly from an expert. "Fortunately silica, unlike some other materials, can and does get absorbed or is expelled. It does not dissolve well however. Silica is an essential mineral and your body required several milligrams per day." He also said that our bodies would get rid of small exposures of silica and that the exposures are only dangerous is you have consistent small exposures over 10 years or if you have severe exposures in a short time. The reason why I ask is because I was at my friends house yesterday, and we were jackhammering the concrete slab in his enclosed basement to move some pipes that the contractors had put in the wrong place. We only did a small area, for about 5 min. Not much dust was produced, and I was standing about 15 ft. from where he was jackhammering. We had some ventilation with a box fan in a window, but not a whole lot. Neither of us had respiratory protection since it was such a small job, plus I didn't know about silicosis till today. Will my body remove this small amount of silica and will have any problems from it? I am only 26, and I am already concerned about it. Anybody have any stories about working with silica? I hope that I don't develop this disease in the future from this exposure. I am really scared and worried. What are your experiences?

The animal shelter gave me a sick cat and my other cats have now been exposed. What can I do? We adopted a beautiful kitten 11 days ago. He was in with other supposedly healthy animals. They told us he had a cloudy eye, an ulcer probably from trauma, and gave us prednisone drops for it. We were told we'd receive records within 10 days. There is no mention of his eye in the vet records. We put the drops in every day but the eye got worse. We also noticed the drops they gave us had expired on 3/03. On the 10th day we brought him to the vet and found out he had herpes virus and a respiratory infection and was contagious to our other cats. They have been sharing food and water and have probably been exposed already. He may also need surgery to remove adhesions from his cornea. I can't take this kitty from my daughter-but I feel they knew about this and didn't say anything. I am furious that I have now exposed my healthy cats to this. Apparently even with the vaccine they will not have complete protection. I can't find any consumer info relating to shelters. Thanks for help

Has anyone gotten pregnant on the pill while taking antibiotics? Ok...here's my situation. I am on ortho tricyclen lo bc pills. I had to take amoxocillan (sp?) for a week for a respiratory infection. The week I had to take the antibiotics was Aug. 6th-13th. My pack of pills ended on the 18th so just a few days ago...well, my period usually doesn't start until a couple days later so either yesterday evening or today sometime....well, no period! During the time I was taking the antibiotics we did use protection, but a few days after I stopped taking them we stopped using protection. We were going to start trying for our second baby after my period was over this month anyway, but now I'm wondering if I might have gotten pregnant last week, and if so would I still get my period this week?? Would the combination of bc pills and antibiotics have any effect on a pregnancy? Just wanted to add that I thought ovulation occurs 14 days before your period, so wouldn't I have passed that time anyway, or since I am on bc pills would ovulation occur when there was a change in my system, like the antibiotics?

Is anyone looking for a natural health drink ? Protection against digestive disorders. Strengthening the immune system and improving defense power of the body. Good supply proteins and replenishing vitamins and minerals. Facilitating Healthy vision. Improving quality of sleep. Lending support to normal kidney function. Protection of normal liver cells. Anti aging effect. Lending support to the respiratory system. Improving reproductive function.

Does Silica get Absorbed by Body? Is this a true statement? I found it on a web supposedly from an expert. "Fortunately silica, unlike some other materials, can and does get absorbed or is expelled. It does not dissolve well however. Silica is an essential mineral and your body required several milligrams per day." He also said that our bodies would get rid of small exposures of silica and that the exposures are only dangerous is you have consistent small exposures over 10 years or if you have severe exposures in a short time. The reason why I ask is because I was at my friends house yesterday, and we were jackhammering the concrete slab in his enclosed basement to move some pipes that the contractors had put in the wrong place. We only did a small area, for about 5 min. Not much dust was produced, and I was standing about 15 ft. from where he was jackhammering. We had some ventilation with a box fan in a window, but not a whole lot. Neither of us had respiratory protection since it was such a small job, plus I didn't know about silicosis till today. Will my body remove this small amount of silica and will have any problems from it? I am only 26, and I am already concerned about it. Anybody have any stories about working with silica? I hope that I don't develop this disease in the future from this exposure. I am really scared and worried. What are your experiences?

Silicosis - Concrete Dust Exposure How much silica has to be inhaled before causing problems? I was at my friends house yesterday, and we were jackhammering the concrete slab in his enclosed basement to move some pipes that the contractors had put in the wrong place. We only did a small area, for about 5 min. Not much dust was produced, and I was standing about 15 ft. from where he was jackhammering. We had some ventilation with a box fan in a window, but not a whole lot. Neither of us had respiratory protection since it was such a small job, plus I didn't know about silicosis till today. Will my body remove this small amount of silica and will have any problems from it? I am only 26, and I am already concerned about it. Anybody have any stories about working with silica? I hope that I don't develop this disease in the future from this exposure. I am really scared and worried. What are your experiences?

Silica in Concrete - Silicosis How much silica has to be inhaled before causing problems? I was at my friends house yesterday, and we were jackhammering the concrete slab in his enclosed basement to move some pipes that the contractors had put in the wrong place. We only did a small area, for about 5 min. Not much dust was produced, and I was standing about 15 ft. from where he was jackhammering. We had some ventilation with a box fan in a window, but not a whole lot. Neither of us had respiratory protection since it was such a small job, plus I didn't know about silicosis till today. Will my body remove this small amount of silica and will have any problems from it? I am only 26, and I am already concerned about it. Anybody have any stories about working with silica? I hope that I don't develop this disease in the future from this exposure. Also, does all concrete have silica, or just some? This concrete is in his basement, and very smooth.

Poisonous fertilizer? I was rooting around in the open shed behind the house, looking for a large board. Indeed I found one, but the one I needed (for its length) was under a large pile of other, shorter boards. Like an idiot I tried to pry it out from underneath and toppled the whole pile along with the items sitting on the pile behind it. Lots of things came down, but one thing came down that disturbed me; an old paper bag carrying what turned out to be soil sweetener. The ancient paper opened right up, releasing a light brown dust into the air, and a heavy light brown dust all over the dirt covered ground. Not knowing what it was at the time, I grabbed my balaclava for respiratory protection and cleaned it up by sweeping it into the dirt. I later grabbed the old rustic bag and read a label on the back reading: Warning, contains crystalline silica, may cause respiratory illness or cancer. I showered down and went online to look up this mystery chemical to find that it's a basic component of soil according to the Occupational Heath and Safety Administration, who also labels it as a carcinogen. After reading up on that I moved on to a Material Safety Data Sheet for a fertilizer containing the same chemical to view the disposal instructions. What I read was essentially wear protection, sweep it up, and adequately dispose of it. So now I'm trying to get this straight; I spilled soil sweetener into soil, and the hazardous component of the fertilizer is a basic component in the very dirt I spilled it into. So my question is this: should I just let the fertilizer sit or do I have reason to worry? It seems redundant to sweep up, outside, what is essentially enriched soil unless the fertilizer is seriously toxic, and if that's the case why the hell is it being marketed as a soil sweetener in the first place?

Popcorn Lung? Sounds fake, but real disease.? I read a news article and then found this listed on wikipedia corresponding to it....I know wikipedia is not the most reliable source, but see the sources for the page. Heres a small excert - n rare instances, bronchiolitis obliterans may be caused by inhalation of airborne diacetyl, a chemical used to produce the butter-like flavoring[7] in many foods such as candy, microwave popcorn and wines. This first came to public attention when eight former employees of the Gilster-Mary Lee popcorn plant in Jasper, Missouri, developed bronchiolitis obliterans. In 2000, the Missouri Department of Health called in NIOSH to make a determination of the cause, and to recommend safety measures. After surveying the plant and each patient's medical history, NIOSH recommended respiratory protection for all workers in microwave popcorn production. Due to this event, bronchiolitis obliterans began to be referred to in the popular media as "Popcorn Lung" or "Popcorn Workers Lung".[4][8][9] One heavy consumer of microwaved popcorn has been diagnosed with this disease, which is the first known case involving a consumer.[13] Point is if this is real what about all this new info on Baked Macaroni causing Cancer because of it's poreous nature and the cookware it is baked in? There seems to be alot of people asking this and it is trending on yahoo answers really quickly. Please let me know if anyone has any additinal info on either of these?

Can I Sue my work place for (silica dust )? I work with tile and we have this machine that chips marble that makes dust thats called silica (RCS) RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA )heavy and prolonged exposure to (RCS) under the conditions that produce silicosis can cause lung cancer.They never told us about what we were exposed to and never gave us any kind of respiratory protection.I have been useing this machine for just over a year.this machine makes alot of dust and we have been breathing this dust called silica that can kill us.my question is can I sue for all this time that I have been exposed to this very harmful silica dust? and how can I go about doing so and what amount can I or should if I can sue for?

My school does not enforce safety while using lead solder!? for the past two weeks, my electronics class has been taking apart and de-soldering VCR's and DVD players. Yesterday I learned that we are indeed working with lead solder. I also noticed that after class I feel somewhat nauseous. Surprise, surprise, we aren't required are provided with facial respirators. I just learned that OSHA regulations require proper respiratory protection when using dealing with lead fumes. I now know I should challenge my school, but how do I go about it? Should I talk to the teacher or the principle? Should I go straight to OSHA? What should I do?

Retrospective Dosimetry? Here's a question for those who are insanely smart and have the patients to do this. You are on a mission to perform dosimetry experiments on a contaminated field. The simulated ground deposited field is an 80 metre x 80 metre swath of recessed terrain, located at the centre of a 120 metre x 120 metre field. The terrain is covered with (typically) a water-based spray containing a known concentration of 140La. The solution is deposited on the field using a tractor which pulls the spraying unit. The tractor travels in a raster pattern back and forth along the field until the area of interest is coated. The most desirable scenario is to uniformly deposit the 140La solution to the field. In your experiments, you spread 10 GBq uniformly over the 80 m x 80 m area. A person inadvertently ventures into the centre of the field to adjust a dosimeter that has fallen off an anthropomorphic phantom. Unfortunately, he forgot to put on respiratory protection, and due to evaporation of the solution and resuspension of dust and soil carrying 140La, it is expected that he inhaled some of the 140La. When you finally discover what he is doing, you immediately call for him to retreat from the field. He was at the centre of the field for approximately 15 minutes. Your suspicion of inhalation is confirmed by urinalysis. Bioassay is performed for a week, and the results indicate that he took in an activity of 547 MBq of 140La. Assuming that the La is highly soluble and transports throughout his entire body, compute (a) the initial dose rate, and (b) committed whole body dose from this internal exposure Also, ignoring the time it took the junior scientist to travel to and from the centreof the fallout field, compute: (c) external dose (assume mid-gut at 1 metre above ground) The total dose for any mixed mode exposure (internal and external in this case) will be the sum of the committed dose and the external dose. (d) Comment on the significance of internal versus external dose pathways. Specific Gamma Constants for LA 140 3.02 *10^-4 mSv m^2/MBq hr If you can please avoid just giving the answers, solutions or recommending formulas or even just hints would benefit me more for understanding this. Thank You. -Joe 14 minutes ago - 4 days left to answer.

Stephanie is a 18 year old female. She measures her height at 6'0" and her weight is 133 pounds. Health-relate? a. certain types of cancer. b. excess stored energy. c. lack of organ protection. d. respiratory problems.

Explain to someone who knows no statistics meaning "significantly more"? A randomized comparative experiment compared vitamin C with a placebo as protection against respiratory infections after running a very long distance. Explain to someone who knows no statistics why "significantly more" means there is good reason to think that vitamin C works. A. "Significantly more" means that the results obtained from vitamin C are more important. B. "Significantly more" means that the observed results from vitamin C have more practical meanings. C. "Significantly more" means that the observed results would rarely have occurred by chance if vitamin C were ineffective. D. "Significantly more" means that the observed results of placebo group happened by chance while the results of the vitamin C group are due to the effectiveness of vitamin C.

Metal dust bad for you? I am taking a shop class where we are drilling, sanding, filing, and riveting both metal and aluminum alloys. I can see the fine metal dust in the air when filing away. If this stuff is breathed in, does it get no further than the nose and never reaches the lungs? What would metal or alluminum dust do to the lungs? It's no big deal right? All we wear are hearing and eye protection but no respiratory mask.

Should the EPA set standards that will lower ozone pollution? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is under a June deadline to propose revisions to the national air quality standard for ozone pollution. Ground level ozone, or smog, is one of the nation’s most pervasive air pollutants. Take this opportunity to tell EPA to protect public health by strengthening the standard. EPA’s own staff scientists as well as its independent science advisors agree that the science is clear on the need for a stronger standard. Even at levels below the current EPA standard, ozone pollution exposure triggers asthma attacks, lung irritation, coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. Breathing ozone smog can also aggravate chronic respiratory disease and recent studies even indicate it may lead to premature death. Children, the elderly, people with asthma or other lung diseases and people who regularly exercise outdoors are particularly vulnerable to the effects of ozone pollution. Tell EPA to protect the health of these sensitive groups

Which is not a function of the skeleton? Choices: Protection Support Flexible Movement Storehouse of inorganic salts Exchange of respiratory gasses

Do you vaccinate your indoor cats? I haven't been and I have 3 cats, an 8 year old male, 1 year old female and a 9 month old male. I talked to a few vets today and most said it's not really needed. One of the vets sent me the following in an email. I advise my clients whose cats live entirely INDOORS not to give them annual vaccines – despite the fact that many (not all) veterinarians recommend annual vaccines for all cats. My recommendation is to not vaccinate your indoor cats after they receive their kitten vaccine and one year boosters a year later. Cats are very sensitive to the vaccines and the adjuvant that is in the vaccine to stabilize it. Some cats will develop a fibrosarcoma (cancerous tumor) at the vaccine site after a few years of annually receiving the recommended vaccines. Life-long protection The FVRCP (for respiratory disease ) is the most commonly given vaccine. However, your cat most likely has life-long protection after receiving its kitten vaccines and one booster a year later. Vaccine manufacturers state in their instructions “to only give to healthy animals”. If your pet has any chronic condition, you should not give this vaccine. Also there is very little chance that your indoor cat will pick up a respiratory infection from sitting in your house if you have a stable house environment (not bringing stray cats in and out). When you should vaccinate However, if you are planning to bring your indoor cat into a vet hospital for a procedure (like dentistry) you should update your cats’ vaccines so your cats don’t catch a respiratory infection while at the hospital. Also the clinic will require a current rabies vaccine before working on your pet. Rabies vaccine As a licensed veterinarian I must recommend to my clients they give this vaccine to their pets. However I also tell them they have the right to decline it if they wish since they are the caretaker of their animal. I believe that cats that live indoors will never be exposed to a rabid animal (opossum, raccoon, skunk, etc.) Wow, another good reason to keep our cats indoors only. : )

What is your opinion on this article? Soda fountains contained fecal bacteria, study found (CNN) -- It fizzes. It quenches. And it could also contain fecal bacteria. Nearly half of the 90 beverages from soda fountain machines in one area in Virginia tested positive for coliform bacteria -- which could indicate possible fecal contamination, according to a study published in the January issue of International Journal of Food Microbiology. Researchers also detected antibiotic-resistant microbes and E.coli in the soda samples. "Certainly we come in contact with bacteria all the time," Renee Godard, lead author of the study and professor of biology and environmental studies at Hollins University, a private liberal arts college in Roanoke, Virginia. "It's simply that some bacteria may potentially cause some disease or gastrointestinal distress. One thing we hesitate with is that people get afraid of bacteria. Many of them are benign or helpful, but certainly, I don't want E.coli in my beverage." The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's drinking-water regulations require that all samples test negative for E.coli. Many of the soda beverages from the dispensers fell below U.S. drinking-water standards, according to the findings. "The large number of beverages and soda fountain machines containing E. coli is still of considerable concern... and suggests that more pathogenic strains of bacteria could persist and thrive in soda fountain machines if introduced," the authors wrote. Godard and her colleagues acquired 90 beverages of three types, (sugar soda, diet soda, water) from 30 fast food restaurants in a 22-mile area near Roanoke, in southern Virginia. They surveyed beverages from both self-service and employee-dispensed machines and the samples were tested. There were no reported outbreaks of food-borne illness related in the Roanoke area at the time of the study. They found that 48 percent of beverages obtained from soda fountains contained coliform bacteria, 11 percent contained E. coli (which are mostly harmless, but some can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and pneumonia), and 17 percent had Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (which could sicken newborns or adults with weakened immune systems). Dean Cliver, professor of food safety emeritus at University of California Davis, said it would be premature to draw broad conclusions about all soda fountains from a localized study. "How sanitation regulations are promulgated and enforced in a community are different," Cliver said. "Some communities are more on to it than others. How much of a threat it represents? It's probably limited. Once again, it's a matter of what regulations are in place, who pays attention and whether it's being followed." The samples were contained in petri dishes and the bacteria multiplied within 48 hours, so much so that they became visible to the naked eye as 300 to 400 tiny dots, Godard said. A Hollins undergraduate microbiology student accidentally discovered that water from a restaurant beverage dispenser contained bacteria while completing a homework assignment. When the results came back, this piqued the interest of faculty and students. The researchers are uncertain how the bacteria got inside the beverage machines. "It could be from dispensing with a hand that wasn't clean or using wet rags to wipe down the machine," Godard said. "We haven't done the work to really identify those potential sources and how these bacteria get established." Manitowoc Foodservice, one of the leading manufacturers of ice and beverage equipment, did not have the opportunity to review the study, but released this statement in response to CNN.com's questions: "We emphasize in our product support material proper methods for and the importance of frequent, thorough cleaning and sanitizing of foodservice equipment. In food equipment as in any environment where microorganisms can occur naturally or be spread by contact, it is essential to follow proven steps for cleaning and sanitizing." The National Restaurant Association, a business association for the restaurant industry, e-mailed this statement in response to the findings: "While the results of this study are disconcerting, we feel that it isn't representative of our industry and that our guests can safely enjoy beverages from dispensers and single-serve containers alike." The American Beverage Association made this statement: "Fountain beverages are safe. Consumers can rest assured that our industry's fountain beverages pose no public health risk." The organization, which represents hundreds of beverage producers, distributors, and franchise companies stated that "Importantly, our industry meets, and often exceeds, all government health standards in bringing its products to market." Whether other outbreaks have occurred because of contaminated soda machines is difficult to determine, because food-related illnesses are notoriously challenging to

Biology hw help pleaseee? 1. how is the human respiratory system adapted for each of the following: a. a large gas exchange surface b. protection of the exchange surface c. a moist environment for the exchange surface d. transport of gases between body cells and the exchange surface 2. why can carbon dioxide exhalation be used as a measure of respiratory rate in humans? u dont hv to answer all of them (:

Water pollutants include: ? Water pollutants include: A.Sewage, pesticides, and mercury. B.Sewage, tobacco smoke, and pesticides. C.Pesticides, mercury, and noise. D.Pesticides, fertilizers, and smog. Acid rain A.causes or worsens respiratory illnesses such as asthma. B.causes lung cancer. C.causes famine, lower soil fertility, and damages vegetation and buildings. D.causes brain disorders, nerve disorders, birth defects, and cancer If the environment you live in is unhealthy: A.Chances are you will be unhealthy, too. B.You will not be affected at all. C.You may be affected but it is nothing to worry about. D.There is nothing you can do about it. The wise use and protection of natural resources is called: A.Ecosystem B.Recycling C.Conservation D.Environmental awareness

1. Where is the trapezius muscle located? 1. Where is the trapezius muscle located? cheek stomach calf upper back front of the arm 2. Which of the following is not a function of the muscular system? heat production protection movement posture communication 3. The bone on the thumb-side of the lower arm is called the radius ulna phalanges frontal sternum 4. Which statement is true concerning the skeletal system? There are 600 bones in the human body. Bile is produced in the bone marrow. Carbohydrates are stored in the bones. The smallest bone is found in the foot. Bones protect vital organs. 5. Which of the following is involved with the protection of the circulatory system? encloses the vital organs the pH is regulated in the body clotting mechanisms blood plasma water 6. What is not considered part of the formed elements of the blood? white blood cells platelets red blood cells hormones 7. Which of the following is a function of the immune system? provides support to soft tissue keeps your body healthy transports blood throughout the body breaks down chemicals for energy produces hormones to control the body 8. Which of the following is not a part of the immune/lymphatic system? hormones lymph nodes appendix spleen T cells 9. Which of the following is not a layer in the skin? hypodermis subcutaneous dermis epidermis peridermis 10. Which of the following is paired incorrectly? ovaries — produce eggs testes — produce sperm vas Deferns — produces fluid uterine tube — site of fertilization 11. Which of the following is not a part of the respiratory system? bronchi lungs alveoli reticulum trachea 12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves the brain the spinal cord bile 13. Which of the following is not a gland of the endocrine system? pituitary liver thymus thyroid pancreas 14. What type of food is broken down in the small intestine? proteins only carbohydrates only lipids only none; it is digested in the stomach protein, carbohydrates, and lipids 15. Which of the following is not a part of the urinary system? urethra urinary bladder gall bladder ureter 16. Which of the following is an air sac found in the lungs? bronchi pharynx trachea alveoli 17. Which of the following is found in the arm? rectus abdominus biceps brachii biceps femorus mentalis 18. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system? support protection red blood cell production circulation 19. Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system? locomotion transportation regulation protection 20. Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system? elimination of wastes break down nutrients detoxification conserve valuable nutrients 21. What is the name of the genus that humans are classified into? Sapien Primates Hominidae Homo

Biology!! Please help!! will be the greatest!!? 1. Where is the trapezius muscle located? cheek stomach calf upper back front of the arm 2. Which of the following is not a function of the muscular system? heat production protection movement posture communication 3. The bone on the thumb-side of the lower arm is called the radius ulna phalanges frontal sternum 4. Which statement is true concerning the skeletal system? There are 600 bones in the human body. Bile is produced in the bone marrow. Carbohydrates are stored in the bones. The smallest bone is found in the foot. Bones protect vital organs. 5. Which of the following is involved with the protection of the circulatory system? encloses the vital organs the pH is regulated in the body clotting mechanisms blood plasma water 6. What is not considered part of the formed elements of the blood? white blood cells platelets red blood cells hormones 7. Which of the following is a function of the immune system? provides support to soft tissue keeps your body healthy transports blood throughout the body breaks down chemicals for energy produces hormones to control the body 8. Which of the following is not a part of the immune/lymphatic system? hormones lymph nodes appendix spleen T cells 9. Which of the following is not a layer in the skin? hypodermis subcutaneous dermis epidermis peridermis 10. Which of the following is paired incorrectly? ovaries — produce eggs testes — produce sperm vas Deferns — produces fluid uterine tube — site of fertilization 11. Which of the following is not a part of the respiratory system? bronchi lungs alveoli reticulum trachea 12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves the brain the spinal cord bile 13. Which of the following is not a gland of the endocrine system? pituitary liver thymus thyroid pancreas 14. What type of food is broken down in the small intestine? proteins only carbohydrates only lipids only none; it is digested in the stomach protein, carbohydrates, and lipids 15. Which of the following is not a part of the urinary system? urethra urinary bladder gall bladder ureter 16. Which of the following is an air sac found in the lungs? bronchi pharynx trachea alveoli 17. Which of the following is found in the arm? rectus abdominus biceps brachii biceps femorus mentalis 18. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system? support protection red blood cell production circulation 19. Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system? locomotion transportation regulation protection 20. Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system? elimination of wastes break down nutrients detoxification conserve valuable nutrients 21. What is the name of the genus that humans are classified into? Sapien Primates Hominidae Homo

Biology homework questions I couldn't figure out? Help? (:? My teacher is outrageous, and thinks we're horrible, so, we had to do 200 questions over stuff we've learned, and these are some i just couldnt figure out. Where is the trapezius muscle located? cheek stomach calf upper back front of the arm Which of the following is not a function of the muscular system? heat production protection movement posture communication The bone on the thumb-side of the lower arm is called the radius ulna phalanges frontal sternum Which statement is true concerning the skeletal system? There are 600 bones in the human body. Bile is produced in the bone marrow. Carbohydrates are stored in the bones. The smallest bone is found in the foot. Bones protect vital organs. Which of the following is involved with the protection of the circulatory system? encloses the vital organs the pH is regulated in the body clotting mechanisms blood plasma water What is not considered part of the formed elements of the blood? white blood cells platelets red blood cells hormones Which of the following is a function of the immune system? provides support to soft tissue keeps your body healthy transports blood throughout the body breaks down chemicals for energy produces hormones to control the body Which of the following is not a part of the immune/lymphatic system? hormones lymph nodes appendix spleen T cells Which of the following is not a layer in the skin? hypodermis subcutaneous dermis epidermis peridermis Which of the following is paired incorrectly? ovaries — produce eggs testes — produce sperm vas Deferns — produces fluid uterine tube — site of fertilization Which of the following is not a part of the respiratory system? bronchi lungs alveoli reticulum trachea The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves the brain the spinal cord bile Which of the following is not a gland of the endocrine system? pituitary liver thymus thyroid pancreas What type of food is broken down in the small intestine? proteins only carbohydrates only lipids only none; it is digested in the stomach protein, carbohydrates, and lipids Which of the following is not a part of the urinary system? urethra urinary bladder gall bladder ureter Which of the following is an air sac found in the lungs? bronchi pharynx trachea alveoli Which of the following is found in the arm? rectus abdominus biceps brachii biceps femorus mentalis Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system? support protection red blood cell production circulation Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system? locomotion transportation regulation protection Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system? elimination of wastes break down nutrients detoxification conserve valuable nutrients What is the name of the genus that humans are classified into? Sapien Primates Hominidae Homo

Homo Sapiens Biology 2 Questions (7)? 1. Where is the trapezius muscle located? cheek stomach calf upper back front of the arm 2. Which of the following is not a function of the muscular system? heat production protection movement posture communication 3. The bone on the thumb-side of the lower arm is called the radius ulna phalanges frontal sternum 4. Which statement is true concerning the skeletal system? There are 600 bones in the human body. Bile is produced in the bone marrow. Carbohydrates are stored in the bones. The smallest bone is found in the foot. Bones protect vital organs. 5. Which of the following is involved with the protection of the circulatory system? encloses the vital organs the pH is regulated in the body clotting mechanisms blood plasma water 6. What is not considered part of the formed elements of the blood? white blood cells platelets red blood cells hormones 7. Which of the following is a function of the immune system? provides support to soft tissue keeps your body healthy transports blood throughout the body breaks down chemicals for energy produces hormones to control the body 8. Which of the following is not a part of the immune/lymphatic system? hormones lymph nodes appendix spleen T cells 9. Which of the following is not a layer in the skin? hypodermis subcutaneous dermis epidermis peridermis 10. Which of the following is paired incorrectly? ovaries — produce eggs testes — produce sperm vas Deferns — produces fluid uterine tube — site of fertilization 11. Which of the following is not a part of the respiratory system? bronchi lungs alveoli reticulum trachea 12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves the brain the spinal cord bile 13. Which of the following is not a gland of the endocrine system? pituitary liver thymus thyroid pancreas 14. What type of food is broken down in the small intestine? proteins only carbohydrates only lipids only none; it is digested in the stomach protein, carbohydrates, and lipids 15. Which of the following is not a part of the urinary system? urethra urinary bladder gall bladder ureter 16. Which of the following is an air sac found in the lungs? bronchi pharynx trachea alveoli 17. Which of the following is found in the arm? rectus abdominus biceps brachii biceps femorus mentalis 18. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system? support protection red blood cell production circulation 19. Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system? locomotion transportation regulation protection 20. Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system? elimination of wastes break down nutrients detoxification conserve valuable nutrients 21. What is the name of the genus that humans are classified into? Sapien Primates Hominidae Homo

PLEASE HELP!!! biology question! first to answer them all gets best answer!? 1. Where is the trapezius muscle located? cheek stomach calf upper back front of the arm 2. Which of the following is not a function of the muscular system? heat production protection movement posture communication 3. The bone on the thumb-side of the lower arm is called the radius ulna phalanges frontal sternum 4. Which statement is true concerning the skeletal system? There are 600 bones in the human body. Bile is produced in the bone marrow. Carbohydrates are stored in the bones. The smallest bone is found in the foot. Bones protect vital organs. 5. Which of the following is involved with the protection of the circulatory system? encloses the vital organs the pH is regulated in the body clotting mechanisms blood plasma water 6. What is not considered part of the formed elements of the blood? white blood cells platelets red blood cells hormones 7. Which of the following is a function of the immune system? provides support to soft tissue keeps your body healthy transports blood throughout the body breaks down chemicals for energy produces hormones to control the body 8. Which of the following is not a part of the immune/lymphatic system? hormones lymph nodes appendix spleen T cells 9. Which of the following is not a layer in the skin? hypodermis subcutaneous dermis epidermis peridermis 10. Which of the following is paired incorrectly? ovaries — produce eggs testes — produce sperm vas Deferns — produces fluid uterine tube — site of fertilization 11. Which of the following is not a part of the respiratory system? bronchi lungs alveoli reticulum trachea 12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves the brain the spinal cord bile 13. Which of the following is not a gland of the endocrine system? pituitary liver thymus thyroid pancreas 14. What type of food is broken down in the small intestine? proteins only carbohydrates only lipids only none; it is digested in the stomach protein, carbohydrates, and lipids 15. Which of the following is not a part of the urinary system? urethra urinary bladder gall bladder ureter 16. Which of the following is an air sac found in the lungs? bronchi pharynx trachea alveoli 17. Which of the following is found in the arm? rectus abdominus biceps brachii biceps femorus mentalis 18. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system? support protection red blood cell production circulation 19. Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system? locomotion transportation regulation protection 20. Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system? elimination of wastes break down nutrients detoxification conserve valuable nutrients 21. What is the name of the genus that humans are classified into? Sapien Primates Hominidae Homo

bio major need help.? 1. Where is the trapezius muscle located? cheek stomach calf upper back front of the arm 2. Which of the following is not a function of the muscular system? heat production protection movement posture communication 3. The bone on the thumb-side of the lower arm is called the radius ulna phalanges frontal sternum 4. Which statement is true concerning the skeletal system? There are 600 bones in the human body. Bile is produced in the bone marrow. Carbohydrates are stored in the bones. The smallest bone is found in the foot. Bones protect vital organs. 5. Which of the following is involved with the protection of the circulatory system? encloses the vital organs the pH is regulated in the body clotting mechanisms blood plasma water 6. What is not considered part of the formed elements of the blood? white blood cells platelets red blood cells hormones 7. Which of the following is a function of the immune system? provides support to soft tissue keeps your body healthy transports blood throughout the body breaks down chemicals for energy produces hormones to control the body 8. Which of the following is not a part of the immune/lymphatic system? hormones lymph nodes appendix spleen T cells 9. Which of the following is not a layer in the skin? hypodermis subcutaneous dermis epidermis peridermis 10. Which of the following is paired incorrectly? ovaries — produce eggs testes — produce sperm vas Deferns — produces fluid uterine tube — site of fertilization 11. Which of the following is not a part of the respiratory system? bronchi lungs alveoli reticulum trachea 12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves the brain the spinal cord bile 13. Which of the following is not a gland of the endocrine system? pituitary liver thymus thyroid pancreas 14. What type of food is broken down in the small intestine? proteins only carbohydrates only lipids only none; it is digested in the stomach protein, carbohydrates, and lipids 15. Which of the following is not a part of the urinary system? urethra urinary bladder gall bladder ureter 16. Which of the following is an air sac found in the lungs? bronchi pharynx trachea alveoli 17. Which of the following is found in the arm? rectus abdominus biceps brachii biceps femorus mentalis 18. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system? support protection red blood cell production circulation 19. Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system? locomotion transportation regulation protection 20. Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system? elimination of wastes break down nutrients detoxification conserve valuable nutrients 21. What is the name of the genus that humans are classified into? Sapien Primates Hominidae Homo

Please help me! Biology? 1. Where is the trapezius muscle located? cheek stomach calf upper back front of the arm 2. Which of the following is not a function of the muscular system? heat production protection movement posture communication 3. The bone on the thumb-side of the lower arm is called the radius ulna phalanges frontal sternum 4. Which statement is true concerning the skeletal system? There are 600 bones in the human body. Bile is produced in the bone marrow. Carbohydrates are stored in the bones. The smallest bone is found in the foot. Bones protect vital organs. 5. Which of the following is involved with the protection of the circulatory system? encloses the vital organs the pH is regulated in the body clotting mechanisms blood plasma water 6. What is not considered part of the formed elements of the blood? white blood cells platelets red blood cells hormones 7. Which of the following is a function of the immune system? provides support to soft tissue keeps your body healthy transports blood throughout the body breaks down chemicals for energy produces hormones to control the body 8. Which of the following is not a part of the immune/lymphatic system? hormones lymph nodes appendix spleen T cells 9. Which of the following is not a layer in the skin? hypodermis subcutaneous dermis epidermis peridermis 10. Which of the following is paired incorrectly? ovaries — produce eggs testes — produce sperm vas Deferns — produces fluid uterine tube — site of fertilization 11. Which of the following is not a part of the respiratory system? bronchi lungs alveoli reticulum trachea 12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves the brain the spinal cord bile 13. Which of the following is not a gland of the endocrine system? pituitary liver thymus thyroid pancreas 14. What type of food is broken down in the small intestine? proteins only carbohydrates only lipids only none; it is digested in the stomach protein, carbohydrates, and lipids 15. Which of the following is not a part of the urinary system? urethra urinary bladder gall bladder ureter 16. Which of the following is an air sac found in the lungs? bronchi pharynx trachea alveoli 17. Which of the following is found in the arm? rectus abdominus biceps brachii biceps femorus mentalis 18. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system? support protection red blood cell production circulation 19. Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system? locomotion transportation regulation protection 20. Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system? elimination of wastes break down nutrients detoxification conserve valuable nutrients 21. What is the name of the genus that humans are classified into? Sapien Primates Hominidae Homo

What woods are dangerous to whittle/sand? I started to whittle some sticks I found in the backyard to make good walking sticks, and I had to saw off a funny part with a cork-like substance in the center with a handsaw. Then I started Googling and realized there were some woods that posed a considerable health threat if not sanded with protection. I have not had any sort of rashes, watery eyes, or other respiratory symptoms, but I'd love to not wake up the next morning and have to be rushed to the ER. So, overall, what should I whittle/not whittle or sand? :/

Anatomy and physiology? Do we need carrier proteins to move water across a membrane? Explain. The natural movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration is: a. diffusion b. active transport c. pinocytosis d. hemolysis Name a cell type that uses phagocytosis to carry out its functions. Cells in the respiratory airways and the fallopian tubes are lined with: a.ribosomes b.cilia c.centrioles d.cartilage Cells in the respiratory airways and the fallopian tubes are lined with: e.ribosomes f.cilia g.centrioles h.cartilage What is the function of microvilli? Is the cytoskeleton good for anything? Explain. What are the two layers of the basement membrane, and what makes each layer? Where would you most likely find tight junctions? Stratified squamous epithelium is primarily used for: a.mucus secretion b.serous membranes c.protection from abrasion d.smooth joint movement Epithelium consisting of four layers of flattened cells would best be described as _______________________________________ What tissue type lines the inside of kidney tubules? ____________________________________ Is a sebaceous gland apocrine, holocrine, or merocrine? If a histologist refers to a unicellular exocrine gland, the reference is to what cell type? __________________________________ Name a primary location for all eight epithelial tissue types discussed in class. Describe the general differences between epithelial tissue and connective tissue. What are the three main types of fibers found in the matrices of connective tissues? How does CT differ from epithelium? A connective tissue that binds muscles to bones is called a _______________. What makes up the matrix of bone? What makes up the matrix of blood? Describe the similarities and differences between hyaline cartilage and elastic cartilage. Disks between vertebrae that help to absorb shock are primarily composed of: a.bone b.elastic connective tissue c.fibrocartilage d.adipose tissue Chondrocytes live within small cavities called: a. Volkmann's canals b. marrow cavities c. perichondrial lamellae d. lacunae Which two tissue types arise from ectodermal cells? How do mast cells initiate inflammation?

BIO majors i need some help....? 8. Which of the following is not a part of the immune/lymphatic system? hormones lymph nodes appendix spleen T cells 9. Which of the following is not a layer in the skin? hypodermis subcutaneous dermis epidermis peridermis 10. Which of the following is paired incorrectly? ovaries — produce eggs testes — produce sperm vas Deferns — produces fluid uterine tube — site of fertilization 11. Which of the following is not a part of the respiratory system? bronchi lungs alveoli reticulum trachea 12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of nerves the brain the spinal cord bile 13. Which of the following is not a gland of the endocrine system? pituitary liver thymus thyroid pancreas 14. What type of food is broken down in the small intestine? proteins only carbohydrates only lipids only none; it is digested in the stomach protein, carbohydrates, and lipids 15. Which of the following is not a part of the urinary system? urethra urinary bladder gall bladder ureter 16. Which of the following is an air sac found in the lungs? bronchi pharynx trachea alveoli 17. Which of the following is found in the arm? rectus abdominus biceps brachii biceps femorus mentalis 18. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system? support protection red blood cell production circulation 19. Which of the following is not a function of the circulatory system? locomotion transportation regulation protection 20. Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system? elimination of wastes break down nutrients detoxification conserve valuable nutrients 21. What is the name of the genus that humans are classified into? Sapien Primates Hominidae Homo

SWINE FLU AUSTRALIA??? THE STUPIDITY OF '' PROTECT " ? THE NEW PHASE OF '' PROTECT " The key elements are: • Identifying and treating early infection in the vulnerable, in whom the disease may lead to severe outcomes like pregnant women, Indigenous Australians and those with respiratory disease (asthma, COPD), heart disease, diabetes, renal disease, morbid obesity and immunosuppression. • Controlling outbreaks, including diagnostic testing, in institutional settings, such as special schools. • Voluntary home isolation for those who have mild illness. However, contacts will not be placed into quarantine • Limited school closures with the emphasis on excluding school children with acute respiratory illness from school • More sharply focused monitoring of outcomes such as hospitalisations, surveillance of institutions, outbreaks and people with moderate or severe disease. I was utterly confused, and flabbergasted. WHY ON EARTH is '' Protect '' still going on when people are dying?? Just yesterday, NSW's death toll doubled and hundreds of people are in intensive care and yet, it is still in the phase of '' Protect ''. Ironically, in this new phase, protection is limited, thus no closures of sports, schools and other gatherings. But wouldnt that just spread Swine Flu more to the Australian Public???? How stupid is the Australian Government??

can some translate this pieace fo writing into non-complicateded and small words?1st person gets best answer!? JUST PUT WHAT THE OWRDS IN CAPITALS MEAN AND WHAT I CAN PUT INSTEAD OF IT.THANKS! Much of Bolivia’s department of Beni today lies underwater. Since December, heavy rains have caused major rivers to overflow in the area, destroying crops, drowning cattle and separating communities. Across the country, as many as 400,000 people have been affected by the worst floods in 25 years. The human situation remains critical in Beni, which lies in Bolivia’s Amazon plain. In the MUNICIPALTY of Trinidad, 40 per cent of flood victims are children now living with their parents in PROVISIONAl shelters set up in public schools or in tents. “Overnight, our patio was filled with water,” said Lucien Sanchez, 8, whose family had to abandon their home. “When we went to sleep at night, there was nothing, and then when we got up we were surrounded by water and we had to leave our house because it was completely flooded.” Due to poor water and SANITATION conditions, children in the Bolivian flood zone are vulnerable to diarrhoea and respiratory diseases. Medical attention for children Health authorities in the affected communities are concerned over the potential for water- and SANITATION-related diseases. Getting medical attention to children has become a priority. “We’ve had a lot of problems – ACUTE RESPIRATORY infections, skin infections typical of mud and all the problems associated with unsafe water,” said Dr. Carlos Castedo from Beni’s Department of Health. Dr. Castedo noted that digestive and diarrhoeal illnesses were becoming common among children. “The worst has yet to come when the waters return and infections break out again,” he added. Resuming daily life In the Departments of Santa Cruz, Beni and Cochabamba, UNICEF and its partners are providing humanitarian assistance in the areas of water, sanitation, food, shelter and education. “The high percentage of girls and boys that are suffering from the floods in the city of Trinidad means that we need to concentrate our emergency response efforts on maintaining health, ensuring protection and promoting children’s return to classes,” said the UNICEF Representative in Bolivia, Gordon Jonathan Lewis, during a visit to Trinidad. Mr. Lewis pointed out that UNICEF has been striving to provide children with school and recreational activities to help them gradually return to their regular daily activities.

Where to I find safety policies and procedures for a fiber optic couplings and connector manufacturing plant? I need it for a paper i'm doing on policicies and produres , on the following: Accident response, eye and face protection respiratory protection,personal protective equipment,confined space entry, use of power-operated toolsStorage of flammable and combustible material. Please help me locate these . If you could I would appreciate if u know the web-site to go to. Thanks for your help

Can you help me please!!? 1. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of birds? have feathers maintain constant body temperature have wings give birth to live young 2. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of mammals? produce milk have hair endotherms have feathers 3. In placentals, the time of development from fertilization to birth is called the ____. monotreme period estivation period placental period gestation period 4. What is the purpose of mammals' hair or fur? insulates the body from cold insulates the body from heat protection from wind and rain all of the these 5. Monotremes are unusual mammals because they ____. lay eggs live in trees have feathers have no hair 6. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of marsupials? give birth to tiny young young crawl into mothers' pouches includes opossums and koalas lay eggs 7. The bones in your body make up your _____. muscular system digestive system respiratory system skeletal system 8. The system that moves oxygen into the body and waste gases out of the body is called the _____. circulatory system endocrine system digestive system respiratory system

so i need help with my anatomy assignment.. and here it is... please help me..? a. pseudostratified ciliated columnar b. simple columnar c. simple cuboidal d. simple squamous e. stratified columnar f. stratified squamous g. transitional h. adipose connective tissue i. areolar connective tissue j. dense regular connective tissue k. dense irregular connective tissue l. elastic cartilage m. fibro cartilage n. hyaline cartilage o. osseous tissue p. reticular connective tissue q. vascular tissue r. nervous tissue s. skeletal(striated) muscle tissue t. visceral (smooth) muscle tissue u. cardiac muscle tissue 15. lines the stomach and most of the intestines 16.lines the inside of the mouth 17.lines much of the respiratory tract 18.endothelium and mesothelium lines the inside of the urinary bladder 19.protection 20.small molecules pass through rapidly 21.propel sheets of mucus 22.absorption, secretion or ion transport 23.stretches 24.parallel bundles of collagen fibers provide strength; found in tendons 25.stores fat 26.the skin dermis 27.hardest tissue of our body 28.composes the basement membrane, surrounds and cushions blood vessels and nerves, its gel-like matrix contains all categories of fibers and many cell types 29.forms the embryonic skeleton; covers surfaces of bones at joints and reinforces the trachea 30.insulates the body 31.firm, slightly “rubbery” matrix; milky white and “glassy” in appearance 32.cells are arranged in concentric circles around a nutrient canal; matrix is hard due to calcium salts 33.contains collagenous fibers; found in intervertebal discs 34.makes supporting framework of lymphoid organs 35.found in umbilical cord 36.found in external ear and auditory tube 37.provides the medium for nutrient transport throughout the body 38.forms the “stretchy” ligaments of the vertebral column 39.located in the walls of the small intestine, uterus, bladder, veins and arteries 40.concerned with locomotion of the body as a whole 41.changes the internal volume of an organ as it contracts 42.tissue of the circulatory pump 43.voluntarily controlled 44.involuntarily controlled 45.contains cylindrical cells with branching ends

Homework help PLEASE!!!? 1. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of birds? (A) have feathers (B) maintain constant body temperature (C) have wings (D) give birth to live young 2. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of mammals (A) produce milk (B) have hair (C) endotherms (D) have feathers 3. In placentals, the time of development from fertilization to birth is called the (A) monotreme period (B) estivation period (C) placental period (D) gestation period 4. What is the purpose of mammals' hair or fur? (A) insulates the body from cold (B) insulates the body from heat (C) protection from wind and rain (D) all of the these 5. Monotremes are unusual mammals because they (A) lay eggs (B) live in trees (C) have feathers (D) have no hair 6. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of marsupials (A) give birth to tiny young (B) young crawl into mothers' pouches (C) includes opossums and koalas (D) lay eggs 7. The bones in your body make up your (A) muscular system (B) digestive system (C) respiratory system (D) skeletal system 8. The system that moves oxygen into the body and waste gases out of the body is called the (A) circulatory system (B) endocrine system (C) digestive system (D) respiratory system

Science Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? 1. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of birds? (1 point) have feathers maintain constant body temperature have wings give birth to live young 2. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of mammals? (1 point) produce milk have hair endotherms have feathers 3. In placentals, the time of development from fertilization to birth is called the ____. (1 point) monotreme period estivation period placental period gestation period 4. What is the purpose of mammals' hair or fur? (1 point) insulates the body from cold insulates the body from heat protection from wind and rain all of the these 5. Monotremes are unusual mammals because they ____. (1 point) lay eggs live in trees have feathers have no hair 6. Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of marsupials? (1 point) give birth to tiny young young crawl into mothers' pouches includes opossums and koalas lay eggs 7. The bones in your body make up your _____. (1 point) muscular system digestive system respiratory system skeletal system 8. The system that moves oxygen into the body and waste gases out of the body is called the _____. (1 point) circulatory system endocrine system digestive system respiratory system

Why do we continue to subsidize ethanol when we know that there is no benefit? Ethanol vehicles pose significant risk to health, new study finds (2007) Ethanol is widely touted as an eco-friendly, clean-burning fuel. But if every vehicle in the United States ran on fuel made primarily from ethanol instead of pure gasoline, the number of respiratory-related deaths and hospitalizations likely would increase, according to a new study by Stanford University atmospheric scientist Mark Z. Jacobson. His findings are published in the April 18 online edition of the journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T). "Ethanol is being promoted as a clean and renewable fuel that will reduce global warming and air pollution," said Jacobson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. "But our results show that a high blend of ethanol poses an equal or greater risk to public health than gasoline, which already causes significant health damage." "We found that E85 vehicles reduce atmospheric levels of two carcinogens, benzene and butadiene, but increase two others—formaldehyde and acetaldehyde," Jacobson said. "As a result, cancer rates for E85 are likely to be similar to those for gasoline. However, in some parts of the country, E85 significantly increased ozone, a prime ingredient of smog." Inhaling ozone—even at low levels—can decrease lung capacity, inflame lung tissue, worsen asthma and impair the body's immune system, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The World Health Organization estimates that 800,000 people die each year from ozone and other chemicals in smog. "In our study, E85 increased ozone-related mortalities in the United States by about 200 deaths per year compared to gasoline, with about 120 of those deaths occurring in Los Angeles," Jacobson said. "These mortality rates represent an increase of about 4 percent in the U.S. and 9 percent in Los Angeles above the projected ozone-related death rates for gasoline-fueled vehicles in 2020." E85 is likely to increase the annual number of asthma-related emergency room visits by 770 and the number of respiratory-related hospitalizations by 990," Jacobson said. "Los Angeles can expect 650 more hospitalizations in 2020, along with 1,200 additional asthma-related emergency visits." The deleterious health effects of E85 will be the same, whether the ethanol is made from corn, switchgrass or other plant products, Jacobson noted. "Today, there is a lot of investment in ethanol," he said. "But we found that using E85 will cause at least as much health damage as gasoline, which already causes about 10,000 U.S. premature deaths annually from ozone and particulate matter. The question is, if we're not getting any health benefits, then why continue to promote ethanol and other biofuels? This ES&T study was partially supported by NASA. http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/april18/ethanol-041807.html

Summarize This Please!? Soda fountains contained fecal bacteria, study found By Madison Park, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS * In university study, 90 samples were taken in a 22-mile radius of Roanoke, Virginia * 48 percent of beverages from soda fountains had possibly fecal coliform bacteria * Some of the soda from beverage machines tested below U.S. water drinking standards * Only one outbreak linked to soda fountain in a 1999 incident in U.S. Army base RELATED TOPICS * Contagious and Infectious Diseases * Health and Fitness * Consumer Protection (CNN) -- It fizzes. It quenches. And it could also contain fecal bacteria. Nearly half of the 90 beverages from soda fountain machines in one area in Virginia tested positive for coliform bacteria -- which could indicate possible fecal contamination, according to a study published in the January issue of International Journal of Food Microbiology. Researchers also detected antibiotic-resistant microbes and E.coli in the soda samples. "Certainly we come in contact with bacteria all the time," Renee Godard, lead author of the study and professor of biology and environmental studies at Hollins University, a private liberal arts college in Roanoke, Virginia. "It's simply that some bacteria may potentially cause some disease or gastrointestinal distress. One thing we hesitate with is that people get afraid of bacteria. Many of them are benign or helpful, but certainly, I don't want E.coli in my beverage." The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's drinking-water regulations require that all samples test negative for E.coli. Many of the soda beverages from the dispensers fell below U.S. drinking-water standards, according to the findings. "The large number of beverages and soda fountain machines containing E. coli is still of considerable concern... and suggests that more pathogenic strains of bacteria could persist and thrive in soda fountain machines if introduced," the authors wrote. Godard and her colleagues acquired 90 beverages of three types, (sugar soda, diet soda, water) from 30 fast food restaurants in a 22-mile area near Roanoke, in southern Virginia. They surveyed beverages from both self-service and employee-dispensed machines and the samples were tested. There were no reported outbreaks of food-borne illness related in the Roanoke area at the time of the study. They found that 48 percent of beverages obtained from soda fountains contained coliform bacteria, 11 percent contained E. coli (which are mostly harmless, but some can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and pneumonia), and 17 percent had Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (which could sicken newborns or adults with weakened immune systems). Dean Cliver, professor of food safety emeritus at University of California Davis, said it would be premature to draw broad conclusions about all soda fountains from a localized study. "How sanitation regulations are promulgated and enforced in a community are different," Cliver said. "Some communities are more on to it than others. How much of a threat it represents? It's probably limited. Once again, it's a matter of what regulations are in place, who pays attention and whether it's being followed." The samples were contained in petri dishes and the bacteria multiplied within 48 hours, so much so that they became visible to the naked eye as 300 to 400 tiny dots, Godard said. A Hollins undergraduate microbiology student accidentally discovered that water from a restaurant beverage dispenser contained bacteria while completing a homework assignment. When the results came back, this piqued the interest of faculty and students. The researchers are uncertain how the bacteria got inside the beverage machines. "It could be from dispensing with a hand that wasn't clean or using wet rags to wipe down the machine," Godard said. "We haven't done the work to really identify those potential sources and how these bacteria get established." Manitowoc Foodservice, one of the leading manufacturers of ice and beverage equipment, did not have the opportunity to review the study, but released this statement in response to CNN.com's questions: "We emphasize in our product support material proper methods for and the importance of frequent, thorough cleaning and sanitizing of foodservice equipment. In food equipment as in any environment where microorganisms can occur naturally or be spread by contact, it is essential to follow proven steps for cleaning and sanitizing." The National Restaurant Association, a business association for the restaurant industry, e-mailed this statement in response to the findings: "While the results of this study are disconcerting, we feel that it isn't representative of our industry and that our guests can safely enjoy beverages from dispensers and single-serve containers alike." The American Beverage Association made this statement: "Fountain beverages are safe.

need opinions or comments on the question listed below on the Good Samaritan Law...? For those who are aware of the Good Smaritan Law, here's the situation: You are a respiratory therapist leaving work at a hospital (let's say in NY) when you notice a person lying on the ground in the hospital's parking lot. They tell you that they were struck by a car while it was backing out of a parking space and the driver simply left the scene without stopping. The injured person is in pain but asks for your assistance in helping them stand up. Do you you think the Good Samaritan provides you with sufficient protection from liability should you decide to help this person?

Biology HELP NEEDED PLEASE!!!? I am totally dumb when it comes to Biology!! I admit that I am good at somethings in this class but not all!! If someone could please help me with this quiz that would be great!! 1. Energy derived from the heat of the earth's core is known as ______________. A. solar energy B. geothermal energy C. nonrenewable energy D. both geothermal energy and nonrenewable energy 2. What is believed to be the major cause of depletion of the ozone shield? A. carbon dioxide B. sulfuric acid C. CFCs D. nitrates 3. Which of these is/are greenhouse gases? A. ozone B. methane C. sulfur oxides D. all of the above 4. Biological magnification concerns the _____________. A. amount of pollutants that become concentrated in the bodies of consumers B. minimum number of organisms in a population needed to avoid extinction C. introduction of an alien species D. growth of preferred domesticated species 5. Habitat preserves have been more successful in Africa than in South America. A. true B. false 6. Carbon monoxide poisoning affects hemoglobin's ability to carry respiratory oxygen. A. true B. false 7. The developing nations have a larger population and account for 80% of the world's annual energy consumption. A. true B. false 8. What gas is the leading cause of the greenhouse effect? A. methane B. nitrous oxide C. carbon dioxide D. halons 9. What was the purpose of the Endangered Species Act of 1973? A. It banned the sale of ivory form elephant tusks. B. It placed threatened species under the protection of the U.S. federal government. C.It arranged for habitat preserves to be created for endangered species. D. It set up a reward fund for information leading to the arrest of poachers. 10. What is the name given to the earth's upper atmosphere? A. ionosphere B. troposphere C. stratosphere D. mesosphere

Scared i may be preggers? I'm 17 and me and my boyfriend ALWAYS use protection, but...during my last period we had sex but he didn't come inside of me and it was for like a minute. I was supposed to get my period today but have no signs except alot of moodiness! However, I have had an upper respiratory infection i've been trying to get over for 2 weeks and have been very stressed over college and school and work etc. I've also not been drinking many fluids, maybe 4 glasses a day, and its usually not water. We also make it a point not to have sex when i'm ovulating. So..what ya think??? PLEASE HELP ME! I'M SO SCARED

BIOLOGY HELP NEEDED ASAP!? 1. Energy derived from the heat of the earth's core is known as ______________. A. solar energy B. geothermal energy C. nonrenewable energy D. both geothermal energy and nonrenewable energy 2. What is believed to be the major cause of depletion of the ozone shield? A. carbon dioxide B. sulfuric acid C. CFCs D. nitrates 3. Which of these is/are greenhouse gases? A. ozone B. methane C. sulfur oxides D. all of the above 4. Biological magnification concerns the _____________. A. amount of pollutants that become concentrated in the bodies of consumers B. minimum number of organisms in a population needed to avoid extinction C. introduction of an alien species D. growth of preferred domesticated species 5. Habitat preserves have been more successful in Africa than in South America. A. true B. false 6. Carbon monoxide poisoning affects hemoglobin's ability to carry respiratory oxygen. A. true B. false 7. The developing nations have a larger population and account for 80% of the world's annual energy consumption. A. true B. false 8. What gas is the leading cause of the greenhouse effect? A. methane B. nitrous oxide C. carbon dioxide D. halons 9. What was the purpose of the Endangered Species Act of 1973? A. It banned the sale of ivory form elephant tusks. B. It placed threatened species under the protection of the U.S. federal government. C. It arranged for habitat preserves to be created for endangered species. D. It set up a reward fund for information leading to the arrest of poachers. 10. What is the name given to the earth's upper atmosphere? A. ionosphere B. troposphere C. stratosphere D. mesosphere

Can you answer these questions about the human body and its systems for me? How does the structure of the heart and lungs help blood flow through the body? How does the structure of the respiratory system help us breathe? How does the structure of voluntary muscles aid in movement? What systems work together in order to aid in the protection and support of the human body? How does the structure of the nervous system aid in the sending of signals throughout the body? How does the structure of the digestive system aid in the movement of food through the body? What is homeostasis and in what ways does the body maintain it? i did my homework which was to come up with the questions. I was to exchange it with a student but i wasnt in school on that day. I just trying to get the answers because my teacher dosent extend deadlines even for being absent.

I really need help with this.. ? I don't even know where to start with this, but my sister has been on and off dating her abusive boyfriend and it has caused so many problems within my own family. This has been going on for a few years. My sister is eighteen but acts as if she is seven. She doesn't clean up for herself, she leaves everything everywhere things like dirty dishes, her clothes in the bathroom her wrappers from snacks, just everything. She has no job but continues to borrow money from people saying she'll "pay them back" She's bi polar, but hasn't taken her medication in over a month. When she is sick, she begs my mom to take her to the doctor because she's too sick to get herself there, but then that night she'll go out and get drunk with all of her friends, but the next day she'll cry again about how "sick she feels" She calls my mother a fat elephant, whale etc.. She makes all these elementary school remarks to her. They got into a huge fight yesterday because my sister wants to get to Order of Protection dropped from her boyfriend, and this whole big thing from her case against him from when he beat her and all this legal stuff I never bother to find out about. My sister threw stuff at my mother and continually called her names. My mom kicked her out yesterday, but today she comes back and my mom said the only way she can stay is if she fends completly for herself, meaning she has to keep doing her own laundry (which she has been for the past few years) she isn't aloud in any rooms other then her own, the bathroom, the kitchen. She has to clean up for herself or it's going to go all over her bed. My sister still takes this all as a joke, she cursed off my mom and told her to go "f*ck herself you fat ugly b*tch" She is the most vile thing ever, I can't even talk to her anymore. SHe even spit on my mother yesterday. My parents pay for her school (college) and they threatened to stop if she keeps this up, she replied by saying "Yeah, okay do it. I don't care about school anyway" She always confided with my mom's father, and yesterday she even claimed she hated him and doesn't care about him anymore, and if were to drop dead right now she'd laugh. I know there is more I'm forgetting, but as of right now this is the best way I can sum it up. I'm sick with a respiratory infection, so I can't even leave my house to get away from it all. I'm fourteen. I don't know what to do anymore, I can't concentrate on anything that usually takes my mind off their fighting. I usually draw or read or watch a movie, but everything is just too much right now. I don't want to sit her wallowing in my self-pity. I'm sorry it's so long, but please read it. I already have a job. ^ but haven't been able to work since I'm sick Ouida, we did. Two years ago.

Is Sarcoidosis contagious? Someone I was recently intimate with told me he may have Sarcoidosis..(doctors are still in the process of running tests) I've never heard of it until a few days ago, but from what I've read online it's some sort of respiratory disease that can also cause rashes or red bumps on the skin. He told me that his doctor asked who he's had sexual contact with in the last six months (we used protection) but I'm still somewhat worried. Help!! Sweetstuff14: You did nothing but copy and paste what you found on some website...ugh. At least copy something pertaining to ANSWERING my question. Thanks Lara

English to Turkish Translation about smoking? Can anyone translate the following: Hi Ercan, here is a little thing that will hopefully help you to realise why I want you to stop smoking. It's not just for me, but because I want you to look after your health. Smoking is such a terrible habit and I know most people where you live smoke like chimneys. You know you are my everything Ercan, and I cant stand watching you smoke and knowing what you are doing to your body. It is also affecting me as I breathe in your second hand smoke, which has the same affects. I want us to have a long and happy life together, and I don't want that to be compromised by smoking. So please Ercan, read this, take it in and stop smoking. These are facts. Believe me. What does smoking do to my body? Smoking causes many serious and fatal diseases including lung cancer, heart disease, bronchitis and emphysema. It also causes many other cancers, respiratory diseases, strokes and can affect fertility. Cigarettes contain over 4,000 toxic chemicals and around 50 of these cause cancer. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas in cigarette smoke. It is also found in car exhaust fumes and produced by faulty gas appliances. It takes the place of oxygen in the blood, causing your lungs to work less efficiently. This stops cells all around your body from getting the oxygen they need. Tar is the sticky brown substance which stains your fingers and teeth. Tar causes cancer and damages your lungs. It stays inside your lungs, making tubes narrower and reducing your protection against infection. What's in a cigarette? Cigarettes contain over 4,000 toxic chemicals and around 50 of these cause cancer. The three main toxins are nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar. Some other things found in cigarettes are: Acetone - Nail polish remover Ammonia - Toilet cleaner Arsenic - Rat poison Benzo(a)pyrene - Diesel exhaust fumes Carbon Monoxide - Petrol exhaust fumes DDT and Dieldrin - Insecticides Formaldehyde - Preservative for dead bodies Hydrogen Cyanide - Poison used in gas chambers Methanol - Rocket fuel Titanium - Metal used to make aeroplanes Haemoglobin from the blood of a pig is used in cigarette filters What are the effects of secondhand smoke? Breathing in secondhand smoke can damage almost every organ in the human body. It increases the risk of lung cancer by 24% and heart disease by 25%. Secondhand smoke is very dangerous for children because their bodies are still developing. Cot death is twice as likely for babies whose mothers smoke. Children who grow up in a smoking household are much more likely to suffer from asthma, middle ear infections, coughs, colds and wheezes. People exposed to secondhand smoke face the same dangers as smokers themselves. They breathe in the same poisonous gases and toxic chemicals so suffer from the same health risks.

10 questions please help me? 1. The Environmental Protection Agency is the governmental agency that is committed to protecting the environment. * True * False 12. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources. * True * False 13. The earth would be too hot to support life if there were no greenhouse effect. * True * False 14. An alternative to burying trash is burning it in special furnaces called generators. * True * False 15. Batteries are an example of a household item that should not be discarded in the regular trash. * True * False 16. The three R's for preventing and reducing pollution include reducing, reusing, and redesigning. * True * False 17. Carpooling is one strategy for promoting cleaner air. * True * False 18. If something is biodegradable, it means it is broken down easily in the environment. * True * False 19. Heating and cooling uses the least amount of energy in most homes. * True * False 20. When smog levels are low, people with respiratory problems are advised to stay indoors. * True * False

60% of Fortune 500 cos equip their corporate aircraft with smoke hoods. Do airlines protect you from smoke? Smoke Hoods And Aviation Safety Brookdale International Systems A lot has been written about smoke hoods and aviation safety recently, as the subject has been picked up by the mainstream press, but this issue has actually been around for many years. And it continues to be controversial for a number of reasons. The concept itself is pretty basic. In an aircraft fire the cabin is likely to fill with thick, black, choking smoke and highly toxic gases like sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, and in particular carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide, present in virtually all fires, is the lethal compound responsible for most smoke-related fatalities. People who find themselves inside an aircraft under these conditions will not survive for very long, so they must either get out quickly, or be provided with some means to protect themselves until evacuation is possible. Those exposed to smoke, being unable to see or breathe, quickly lose their orientation, are prone to panic, and will become incapacitated in only moments. Smoke hoods are protective head coverings with a filter system that prevent wearers from breathing the smoke, particulates and lethal gases generated in a fire. This might seem like a good idea, as these devices are designed to provide the time needed to survive in this type of deadly environment, allowing safe escape. But the use of smoke hoods, or at least the question of requiring them as standard equipment on passenger-carrying transport category aircraft, has been and remains a highly contentious issue in the aviation community. Opponents such as the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency responsible for U.S. air safety, contend that passengers taking the time to don the hoods would cause a critical delay in evacuating a burning plane, when each second is truly critical. According to Peggy Gilligan, the FAA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for regulation and certification, " What you want to do is get people out of the airplane as quickly as possible." She and other FAA officials have also been quoted as saying that smoke hoods might give passengers a false sense of protection or security. Why the security these devices could potentially provide to passengers would be false is certainly curious, in light of the fact that FAA regulations require this type of protection for flight and cabin crews. Smoke hood proponents contend that the issue is money. Five years ago the FAA rejected a proposal that it mandate smoke hoods on all commercial passenger aircraft. First put forward in 1987, this proposal was strongly opposed by the Air Transport Association of America, a trade group that represents U.S. airlines. When rejecting the proposal, the FAA cited an ATA analysis that estimated a cost of over $127 million for the industry to install smoke hoods. "Smoke hoods should be on every airplane around the world" says Mary Schiavo, the former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation turned aviation-safety advocate. Her view is that the issue of evacuation time is merely a smokescreen for a cost/benefit analysis. "The government figures X amount of people are going to die and their lives are worth $2.7 million, and since the industry says it costs $127 million to do this … I am almost embarrassed as a former government official to explain how it works, but what it takes is a loss of life in dollar value equal to the cost of the equipment." The sad fact, according to Schiavo, is that it will take a catastrophic air disaster to change the FAA’s policy on smoke hoods for passengers. What cannot be debated is that aircraft smoke/fire emergencies have always been a serious problem. According to a former U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board investigator (the CAB was the forerunner of the NTSB), there were at least 250 transport-category aircraft accidents involving fire between 1964 and 1994. Technical and safety advancements notwithstanding, the problem still exists. FAA statistics reveal that there is currently "an unscheduled landing of a commercial aircraft on average more than once a week" in the United States due to smoke and/or fire situations. The aviation community is very fortunate that the vast majority of these incidents do not become accidents, although there have been a number of tragic exceptions. Below is a short list of just a few of them: 1983 — an Air Canada DC-9 made an emergency landing in Cincinnati, Ohio after a fire broke out in a lavatory. Evacuation was attempted, but 23 of the 46 on board were overcome by the smoke and did not make it out of the aircraft. 1985 — Manchester, England. A Boeing 737 developed an engine fire on takeoff. The cabin filled with smoke, and in the course of a panic-filled evacuation 48 passengers succumbed to smoke inhalation. 1989 — a United Air Lines DC-10 crash landed near Sioux City, Iowa. Of the 111 people who died, 37 were victims of smoke inhalation. 1991 — a USAir Boeing 737 collided on the runway with a commuter aircraft. In the ensuing fire there were 34 casualties aboard the 737, 22 resulting from smoke inhalation. the 1996 ValuJet crash, the 1998 SwissAir disaster, and this week’s crash of an American Airlines MD82 in Little Rock, Arkansas, are the most recent serious fire-related incidents. There can also be no doubt about the toxic nature of smoke generated in aircraft fires, nor of the effectiveness of properly-designed smoke hoods in protecting against its lethal effects. The subject has certainly been looked at in depth. The British Medical Journal and The Journal of Toxicology, for example, have published a number of scientific articles in this area dealing with topics like "The Management Of Aircraft Passenger Survival In Fire"; "Behavioral Impairment In Smoke Environments"; "Acute Inhalation Injury"; "In-Flight Cabin Smoke Control"; "Making Air Crashes More Survivable"; and "The Toxicological Examination Of The Victims Of The British Air Tours Boeing 737 Accident At Manchester In 1985." A recent study by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) concluded that smoke hoods should be provided in all commercial aircraft. Referring to the debate over the benefit of respiratory protection versus evacuation time, the report said, "… it seems reasonable to say that smoke hoods might lead to some delay in starting the evacuation. However, this does not have necessarily any detrimental effect. As the House of Commons Transport Committee in its report on aircraft cabin safety concluded: ’It is no use passengers being able theoretically to evacuate an aircraft in 60 seconds if, in toxic smoke and without a smoke hood, they collapse unconscious in half that time. The possibility that it may take 10 seconds longer to evacuate with a smoke hood on is of little consequence if indeed passengers can actually evacuate in 70 seconds from a cabin full of toxic smoke and live to tell the tale." And all this assumes a fire aboard an aircraft already on the ground. What of a smoke emergency that occurs in-flight, when it may take 12 or 15 minutes to land? Donning time would certainly not be an issue here, and a smoke hood might offer the only possibility of survival. Hardly a "false sense of security." The technology of smoke hoods themselves has progressed to the point where small, light and simple to use models are currently available. High quality smoke hoods are generally constructed of heat resistant material like Kapton, which is good to 800F. But the most important part of a smoke hood isn’t the hood itself, but the filter that provides protection from the toxic byproducts of combustion. Virtually all smoke hood designs utilize some form of activated charcoal filter to screen out corrosive fumes like ammonia and chlorine, as well as acid gases like hydrogen chloride and hydrogen sulfide. But the defining characteristic of an effective smoke hood is the ability to convert deadly carbon monoxide to relatively harmless carbon dioxide through a catalytic process. Those that do not protect against carbon monoxide are essentially useless. As smoke hoods’ role in aviation safety gets increasing attention in the media — support from safety advocates like Ralph Nader; a strong endorsement in Mary Schiavo’s best-selling book "Flying Blind, Flying Safe" that led to a TIME magazine cover story and an appearance on Oprah; a major article on aviation safety in Consumer Reports; a feature story by Associated Press; many newspaper and television news stories and consumer reports — more and more individual consumers are making the decision to protect themselves, since the regulators and the industry are not. They are purchasing their own smoke hoods to take with them when they fly. The debate continues, positions are taken and held. But it’s interesting to note how the corporate world has reacted to the concept of smoke hoods and aviation. Some 300 of the Fortune 500 companies are sufficiently convinced about the potential safety benefits this type of safety device represents that they have equipped their corporate aircraft with smoke hoods. And the U.S. Air Force has purchased over 34,000 of them.

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Can anyone summarize this article in a half a page to a page summary?http://beefmagazine.com/health/0215-immun BVDv (bovine viral diarrhea virus) often infects cows without signs that the virus is spreading in their body. The virus has the ability to pass through the placenta of the cow to the fetus and can create a calf that is persistently infected (PI) with BVDv. The ability of cattle to protect themselves from the many disease agents and complexes to which they're exposed is amazing. And it all boils down to a balance between the immunity cattle have to a disease and the level of challenge from potential disease organisms. Immunity, or resistance of the herd to disease, is affected by many factors: natural exposure, vaccination, nutrition, age, neo-natal colostrum and physical stress. Challenge is the amount of infective organisms an animal is faced with. “We stress that the ability of an organism to cause disease is not a fixed characteristic,” says David Thain, University of Nevada Extension veterinarian. “Immunity depends on many factors affecting the ability of an organism to invade tissues and produce chemical toxins, which do the real damage to an animal's system.” Cattle can acquire resistance to a disease either through “passive” immunity or an “active” triggering of the immune system. Passive immunity gives temporary protection though the transfer of immune substances from resistant individuals, says Thain. An example of passive immunity and an important factor in cattle herd immunity is the passing of antibodies from dam to calf via the colostrum. When a calf is born, it has no passive or active immunity to disease, explains Mel Pence, DVM, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. “This situation is unique. In humans, immunity flows across the placenta from the mother to the baby; but the only immunity a calf gets is from the colostrum provided after birth.” Colostrum-induced passive immunity works very well except when diseases enter the herd that cows have not been exposed to or vaccinated for. This is especially critical during the calving season. “To further complicate the situation, maternal antibody levels vary between calves and may last one day or several months,” he says. Maternal antibodies have a half-life of approximately 21 days; that is, in 21 days a calf will have only one-half the amount of maternal antibodies it absorbed from the colostrum. In another 21 days, the calf will have only one-fourth the original amount (½ of ½) of maternal antibodies, and so on. “Because of the rapid reduction in maternal antibodies in the calf,” Pence says, “it's important that we stimulate the dam by vaccination to stimulate a humoral immune response to produce as high a level of colostral antibodies as possible to prolong passive immunity in the newborn.” But, by their very nature, infectious agents have built-in mechanisms for evolving very rapidly to evade animal defense mechanisms. Many disease agents very effectively take advantage of new opportunities inadvertently presented by changes in livestock management and environmental stress. Providing active immunity Producers are usually most concerned about providing active immunity through vaccination with products containing a virus or bacteria. The use of vaccines to elicit active immunity is based on the principal of the antigen-antibody reaction, says Clell V. Bagley, Extension veterinarian, Utah State University. “The vaccine serves as the antigen and stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies against a specific agent,” he says. “Later, when the actual infectious agent penetrates the body defenses, the antibody is present and able to inactivate the invader.” Immunization to a disease may occur when cattle are exposed to the naturally-occurring bacteria or virus. But getting cattle enough exposure to only get them a little sick but recover, and then develop a good immune response, is difficult. “Natural exposure to disease generally produces a better, longer lasting immunity than vaccination, if the cattle live through the disease,” Bagley adds. But most scientists and veterinarians don't recommend depending on natural exposure to achieve effective immunization. “Immunity to a specific disease can be affected by a vaccination only if the total program is effective,” Pence explains. “In order for immunity to protect cattle, we must understand what viruses or bacteria we need to vaccinate against.” Thain says even though cattle have been vaccinated, don't expect they're going to be 100% protected. And he says he cannot overstate the value of studying and understanding product labels. “But, be aware that you can do everything exactly according to label directions, and follow recommendations to the letter on nutrition and calf health, and the calves may still be vulnerable to a disease,” says John Paterson, Extension beef cattle specialist, Montana State University. “Building immunity requires adequate protein and proper levels of various trace minerals that will help the animal effectively respond to the active immunity intended from the vaccine,” Paterson says. Vaccine types and timing The decision to use modified-live virus (MLV) vaccines or killed virus vaccines is an issue of concern for the beef cattle producer. This decision should not be made based on general recommendations, but rather on the advice of the veterinarian who understands the details of the operation and the needs of the individual producer. It's the responsibility of the cattle producer to administer vaccines at the appropriate time, Thain says. Timing of vaccination protocols should also be done with the advice of an attending veterinarian. “The vaccine must be given before exposure to the challenge and with enough time to allow immune response to develop to a protective level,” he says. “In general, immune response requires 10-14 days for a detectable response to develop following initial exposure to the antigen.” Some producers are concerned about causing abortions in the cows if the nursing calves are vaccinated with a MLV, but research vets now say that the risk for such an event is miniscule. “There's no reason why a MLV labeled for such use should not be used on nursing calves,” says Bethany Lovaas, DVM, University of Minnesota. “MLVs will provide better protection against the viral respiratory pathogens because they will stimulate two different populations of immune cells, whereas a killed vaccine will only stimulate one of these populations.” BVD fetal protection Many of the new generation of BVDv MLVs have a label claim for fetal protection and have been approved for use in pregnant cows and calves nursing pregnant cows. Fetal protection is defined as “the ability to prevent transplacental transmission of BVDv and subsequent fetal infection in pregnant cattle.” With a nationwide initiative by veterinary organizations and through organized efforts in many states to eliminate BVDv (see “Ranch BVD-PI Biosecurity,” page 18), the ability of vaccination to prevent fetal infection is important in reducing the potential for BVDv transmission. The USDA has published requirements for vaccine manufacturers to follow in determining fetal protection. Labeling guidelines of BVDv vaccines — Center for Veterinary Biologics Notice 02-19 — may vary depending on the infecting BVD virus. A vaccine may provide different levels of protection to the fetus when different strains of BVD viruses are used for virus challenge. However, if these products are used after exposure of the fetus to BVDv, some PI calves may have already been created in the pregnant cows. The label claims for fetal protection don't cover the gamut of protection needed to protect against all the various strains of BVDv in the environment, warns Thain. “It's important to remember that vaccination of pregnant animals will not provide complete protection of the fetus,” he says. “Therefore, it is important to ensure that pregnant animals are not exposed to BVDv, especially during the first trimester of gestation.” He says a producer should begin a BVD biosecurity program by vaccinating all replacement heifers with an MLV. This treatment should be after the heifers are six months old, but at least one month before breeding. “If possible, cows should be vaccinated 30 days before the beginning of the breeding season,” Thain adds. “This provides the best chance for immunity and the best chance the fetus will not become infected with the virus.” Thain also warns that vaccination is not always 100% effective in a herd. “No matter how well protected individual animals are, the BVD virus can still challenge the animal enough to overwhelm the immunity we provide,” Thain says. “But properly timed and properly administered vaccination is very important in keeping animals healthy and productive.” Ranch BVD-PI biosecurity Prevention of BVDv should center on the identification and elimination of PI cattle before they're introduced to a ranch's breeding herd. The general principles of biosecurity as applied to BVD virus include increasing the resistance of the host individuals to acute infection through a sound vaccination program. “But vaccination alone is not a herd-health program and should not be considered as the sole safeguard to control infection by the BVD virus,” says Montana State Veterinarian Marty Zaluski. “The tremendous amount of virus secreted by a PI calf can overwhelm a level of immunity that is protective under less severe exposure.” He recommends that all ranchers and cattle feeders work with their attending or consulting veterinarians to incorporate appropriate components of a biosecurity program as part of overall herd health management. “The single largest risk factor for BVDv infection is the purchase of animals carrying the infectious agent,” Zaluski says. “The most important piece of information that a purchaser can have is documentation about the health status of the herd of origin.” BVD at the ranch Management and control of BVDv infection in cattle herds must consider the two ways that BVD virus passes from one animal to another within a herd. The first is horizontal transmission, which occurs when a transiently (temporarily) or PI animal releases the virus and the virus enters a susceptible animal. The second is vertical transmission of BVDv from an infected dam's bloodstream to her fetus during pregnancy. “PI calves can develop in the uterus of the dam if the heifer or cow is exposed to BVDv,” Zaluski adds. “This is the only way a PI animal is created.” Most literature reports the susceptible period is the first part of gestation — 30-150 days after conception. Fetal infection with BVDv can lead to fetal death, birth of deformed calves, underdeveloped calves or a visually normal calf at birth. Once a calf is BVD-PI it will always be a PI animal. If an animal is not PI at birth, it can never become PI. Further, PI cows will always produce a PI calf. “The primary source of BVDv infection is PI cattle, which usually have a very high and virulent amount of virus circulating in their bodily fluids,” Zaluski explains. “And they shed the BVD virus continually.” To reduce the risk of exposing fetuses to the virus, PI carriers should be identified and eliminated from the herd before cows are exposed to breeding. The Montana BVD-PI Herd Biosecurity Project uses a screening process approach based on analysis of fresh “ear notch” samples from individual animals submitted by the producer or attending vet. The focus of the Montana project is on “whole herd” screening of cattle herds for PI status. This generally involves screening, which begins with breeding bulls, open replacement heifers and new crop calves — with all samples taken well in advance of the breeding season. Perpetual testing for PIs from a cow-calf management standpoint is not necessarily recommended. Once a rancher screens his/her herd (whole herd screening) there can be reasonable assurances of PI-free cattle with the following management in place: * A vaccination protocol based on modified-live vaccines. * A sound biosecurity program. * Testing of any new herd additions. * Surveillance of suspect animals. Other key points * Cows don't need to be tested for PI status unless they have a positive PI calf. * The main negative effect of BVDv is it can inhibit conception and/or cause abortion. * BVDv suppresses the immune system of infected cattle. * Individual animal ID is critical to match tissue samples with the calf and its dam. * If an animal tests negative for PI status, there's no need to ever retest that animal. * PIs that live to be breeding females will always produce a PI calf. * Bulls should be purchased as BVD PI free or tested prior to the breeding season. * A plan should be developed to eliminate PIs from the herd. * No PI animal should enter commerce. Fact sheets on the Montana BVD PI Herd Biosecurity Project can be obtained through the Montana BQA website: www.mtbqa.org. Click on “Projects.”

why did the government raid this guys home ? A 9/11 toxic dust whistleblower, a ground zero hero and one of the individuals influential in the release of documents proving a government cover-up that deliberately put police, firemen and rescue personel at risk, has been raided by a New York SWAT team - who ransacked his home for three hours after he was arrested. Major Mike McCormack is a hospital technician and civil air patrol pilot who worked the ground zero site for eight days after the collapse of the twin towers. He is one of the real heroes of 9/11 and was the man who found the American flag that was later displayed as a token of unity atop the rubble. Within hours McCormack was coughing up black mucus and within days he was coughing up blood as the toxic dust that was deliberately covered up by the EPA poisoned his lungs along with all the other rescue workers, police and firemen who were being used in photo ops by Bush and his cronies while their very livelihoods were being endangered by a government cover-up. McCormack now suffers from an extreme respiratory sensitivity, has a 5-millimeter metal nodule in one lung and has been forced to give up his passion of scuba diving. McCormack is part of an organization lobbying Congress to demand a response from the federal government to the toxic dust cover-up and just compensation for the heroes of 9/11 who were deserted by their own government while the Bush administration had the audacity to use the attacks to fulfil a pre-determined political agenda by exploiting the unity created by the events of that day. McCormack now describes himself as "permanently ill" as a result of the "death sentence" that was imposed on him via the toxic dust cover-up and sees it as only a matter of time before he "takes the dirt nap," just as some of his friends who worked with him at ground zero have already done. McCormack currently occupies a high position of employment in security with the federal government which at the moment he prefers not to divulge. He has many friends who were affected by the ground zero toxic dust, including New York City police and state troopers. McCormack was part of the anniversary ceremonies on September 11 2006 and provided many hand-shaking photo-ops for numerous politicians, before returning to his family home in Pennsylvania that night. McCormack returned to his New York home the next morning in preparation to visit ground zero once again. On the morning of September 12, McCormack's tenant opened the door to see half a dozen detectives outside who began asking questions and demanding to search the building. The detectives didn't have a warrant and needed McCormack's signature to conduct the search. Having nothing to hide and wanting to assist the police, McCormack signed the paper and the detectives entered the house. "Three minutes later as I'm walking out of my office with one of the detectives, I have a federal SWAT team that comes in....men in black and all of a sudden they have 9 millimeter handguns and MP5 machine guns aimed at my head," McCormack told the Alex Jones Show. McCormack was ordered to leave the building as the 15-strong Darth Vader like SWAT team members verbally abused him and commenced ransacking his house for up to three hours "like a cyclone." The reason for the raid was said to be as a result of a complaint that the odor of chemicals was smelled coming from the house. McCormack was essentially being treated as a potential terrorist. McCormack had mistakenly left a legally owned unloaded gun in the trunk of his car before traveling back from Pennsylvania. Thinking that the 48 hour out of state law applied he planned to return the gun to Pennsylvania the next day. Not wanting to take the gun down to ground zero he felt the safest place to put it would be the house. The gun was subsequently discovered by the SWAT team. Through a selectively enforced loophole McCormack is now being charged with illegal possession of a weapon because he took the gun out of state. "The detective who arrested me told me that he had actually seen my photo in New York Newsday that past Thursday - he knew that I was a ground zero hero and the bottom line is finding that weapon unloaded - running the numbers - knowing the gun was legal if he was a decent human being he would have said 'give me 24 hours I will mail it to your house in Pennsylvania where it's legal - you have your permit'," said McCormack. During the course of the raid, the SWAT team members and detectives interrogated McCormack on his possession of gas masks and biochemical protection suits, despite the fact that these are standard inventory for an individual in McCormack's line of work and despite diplomas hanging on his wall describing government training in biochemical casualty programs. The SWAT team also accused McCormack of making chemicals in his barbeque grill. McCormack's tenant, who questioned the officials' behavior during the raid, was "taken to federal jail and nobody has heard from him since," according to McCormack.

Ever think of WHY Somali Pirates Are Doing What their Doing?.....? I mean, no one seems to realize and want to know WHY Somali pirates are hijacking ships. Its mostly because of environmental protection. Waste dumping Following the massive tsunami of December 2004, there have emerged allegations that after the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in the late 1980s, Somalia's long, remote shoreline was used as a dump site for the disposal of toxic waste. The huge waves which battered northern Somalia after the tsunami are believed to have stirred up tonnes of nuclear and toxic waste that was illegally dumped in Somali waters by several European firms. The European Green Party followed up these revelations by presenting before the press and the European Parliament in Strasbourg copies of contracts signed by two European companies—the Italian Swiss firm, Achair Partners, and an Italian waste broker, Progresso—and representatives of the warlords then in power, to accept 10 million tonnes of toxic waste in exchange for $80 million (then about £60 million). According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment mission, there are far higher than normal cases of respiratory infections, mouth ulcers and bleeding, abdominal haemorrhages and unusual skin infections among many inhabitants of the areas around the northeastern towns of Hobbio and Benadir on the Indian Ocean coast—diseases consistent with radiation sickness. UNEP continues that the current situation along the Somali coastline poses a very serious environmental hazard not only in Somalia but also in the eastern Africa sub-region. Under Article 9(1)(d) of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, it is illegal for "any transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes: that results in deliberate disposal (e.g. dumping) of hazardous wastes or other wastes in contravention of this Convention and of general principles of international law". According to Nick Nuttall of the United Nations Environmental Programme, "Somalia has been used as a dumping ground for hazardous waste starting in the early 1990s, and continuing through the civil war there," and "European companies found it to be very cheap to get rid of the waste, costing as little as $2.50 a tonne, where waste disposal costs in Europe are something like $1000 a tonne." Illegal fishing At the same time, illegal trawlers began fishing Somalia's seas with an estimated $300 million of tuna, shrimp, and lobster being taken each year depleting stocks previously available to local fishermen. Through interception with speedboats, Somali fishermen tried to either dissuade the dumpers and trawlers or levy a "tax" on them as compensation. In an interview, Sugule Ali, one of the pirate leaders explained "We don't consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits (to be) those who illegally fish and dump in our seas." Peter Lehr, a Somalia piracy expert at the University of St. Andrews says "It's almost like a resource swap, Somalis collect up to $100 million a year from pirate ransoms off their coasts and the Europeans and Asians poach around $300 million a year in fish from Somali waters." According to Roger Middleton of Chatham House, "The problem of overfishing and illegal fishing in Somali waters, is a very serious one, and does affect the livelihoods of people inside Somalia […] the dumping of toxic waste on Somalia’s shores is a very serious issue, which will continue to affect people in Somalia long after the war has ended, and piracy is resolved."To lure fish to their traps, foreign trawlers reportedly also use fishing equipment under prohibition such as nets with very small mesh sizes and sophisticated underwater lighting systems. Under Article 56(1)(b)(iii) of the Law of the Sea Convention: "In the exclusive economic zone, the coastal State has jurisdiction as provided for in the relevant provisions of this Convention with regard to the protection and preservation of the marine environment". Article 57 of the Convention in turn outlines the limit of that jurisdiction: "The exclusive economic zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured".

Some1 please help me with Biology!!? I have read over all the notes and I keep failing this test!! Could someone please help me???? 1. Species diversity decreases as you move farther from the equator. A. true B. false 2. The relationship between Spanish moss and a tree to which it is attached would be considered _________________. A. symbiosis B. commensalism C. mutualism D. both symbiosis and commensalism 3. What is the name given to the earth's upper atmosphere? A. ionosphere B. troposphere C. stratosphere D. mesosphere 4. What gas is the leading cause of the greenhouse effect? A. methane B. nitrous oxide C. carbon dioxide D. halons 5. Energy derived from the heat of the earth's core is known as ______________. A. solar energy B. geothermal energy C. nonrenewable energy D. both geothermal energy and nonrenewable energy 6. Which of the following lists the correct order (from smallest to largest component) of the ecological pyramid? A. organism; community; ecosystem; population; biosphere B. organism; community; population; ecosystem; biosphere C. organism; population; community; ecosystem; biosphere D. organism; community; population; biosphere; ecosystem 7. Approximately 10 percent of the energy is destroyed at each step of the energy pyramid. A. true B. false 8. What was the purpose of the Endangered Species Act of 1973? A. It banned the sale of ivory form elephant tusks. B. It placed threatened species under the protection of the U.S. federal government. C. It arranged for habitat preserves to be created for endangered species. D. It set up a reward fund for information leading to the arrest of poachers. 9. An herbivore is an example of a _____________. A. producer B. primary consumer C. secondary consumer D. both producer and primary consumer 10. What is the ultimate community in the succession process? A. pioneer community B. climax community C. succession community D. interim community 11. What is believed to be the major cause of depletion of the ozone shield? A. carbon dioxide B. sulfuric acid C. CFCs D. nitrates 12. Which of these is/are greenhouse gases? A. ozone B. methane C. sulfur oxides D. all of the above 13. Habitat preserves have been more successful in Africa than in South America. A. true B. false 14. Benthos are found most frequently in the littoral zones of lakes. A. true B. false 15. Savannas are located in the Southern Hemisphere. A. true B. false 16. The rain-shadow effect is tied to ____________. A. mountains B. prevailing winds C. precipitation D. all of the above 17. What is the most common type of flora found in the temperate forests? A. conifers B. hydrophytes C. deciduous trees D. epiphytes 18. During the spring and fall turnover, the warmer water rises to the top and the cooler water sinks to the bottom. A. true B. false 19. The developing nations have a larger population and account for 80% of the world's annual energy consumption. A. true B. false 20. The source point of a river is known as the _________________. A. headwaters B. estuary C. mouth D. euphotic zone 21. Biological magnification concerns the _____________. A. amount of pollutants that become concentrated in the bodies of consumers B. minimum number of organisms in a population needed to avoid extinction C. introduction of an alien species D. growth of preferred domesticated species 22. The bays where rivers empty into a marine body are known as _____________. A. epilimnions B. estuaries C. mouths D. aquifers 23. Deserts receive significantly less rainfall than any of the other biomes. A. true B. false 24. More than half of all terrestrial species live in the _____________ biome. A. temperate forest B. grasslands C. tropical rain forest D. chaparral 25. The maximum population size that the environment can sustain on a consistent basis is known as the ________________. A. carrying capacity B. pryamid of biomass C. maximum viable population D. climax community 26. What results from the fact that consumers do not limit themselves to one type of organism for food? A. food webs B. grazer food chains C. closed communities D. critical communities 27. Closed communities contain ecotones. A. true B. false 28. Which of the following processes takes longer to complete? A. Primary succession B. Secondary succession 29. If a scientist wanted to predict the population growth over the next 50 years, he/she would most likely use _____________. A. carrying capacity B. pyramid of biomass C. age structure D. all of the above 30. Carbon monoxide poisoning affects hemoglobin's ability to carry respiratory oxygen. A. true B. false

Rain that is far more acidic than normal? smog pesticides acid rain pollution 2. Products used on crops to control insects and other pests (1 point) hazardous wastes pesticides pollution nonrenewable resources 3. Huge pits where wastes are dumped and buried (1 point) landfills conservation nonrenewable resources smog 4. Substances that cannot be replaced once they are used (1 point) pollution nonrenewable resources smog hazardous wastes 5. Reducing waste before it occurs (1 point) ozone layer nonrenewable resources recycling precycling 6. The saving of resources (1 point) conservation landfills ozone layer precycling 7. Any dirty or harmful substance in the environment (1 point) hazardous wastes pollution smog ozone layer 8. A yellow-brown haze that forms when sunlight reacts with air pollution (1 point) acid rain smog ozone layer pesticides 9. Human-made liquid or solid wastes that may endanger human health or the environment (1 point) smog acid rain hazardous wastes pesticides 10. A shield that protects living things from ultraviolet (UV) radiation (1 point) ozone layer nonrenewable resources pollution smog True/False Indicate whether a statement is true or false. 11. The Environmental Protection Agency is the governmental agency that is committed to protecting the environment. (1 point) True False 12. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources. (1 point) True False 13. The earth would be too hot to support life if there were no greenhouse effect. (1 point) True False 14. An alternative to burying trash is burning it in special furnaces called generators. (1 point) True False 15. Batteries are an example of a household item that should not be discarded in the regular trash. (1 point) True False 16. The three R's for preventing and reducing pollution include reducing, reusing, and redesigning. (1 point) True False 17. Carpooling is one strategy for promoting cleaner air. (1 point) True False 18. If something is biodegradable, it means it is broken down easily in the environment. (1 point) True False 19. Heating and cooling uses the least amount of energy in most homes. (1 point) True False 20. When smog levels are low, people with respiratory problems are advised to stay indoors. (1 point) True False

Heath true/false easy 10points come? 11. The Environmental Protection Agency is the governmental agency that is committed to protecting the environment. (1 point) True False 12. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources. (1 point) True False 13. The earth would be too hot to support life if there were no greenhouse effect. (1 point) True False 14. An alternative to burying trash is burning it in special furnaces called generators. (1 point) True False 15. Batteries are an example of a household item that should not be discarded in the regular trash. (1 point) True False 16. The three R's for preventing and reducing pollution include reducing, reusing, and redesigning. (1 point) True False 17. Carpooling is one strategy for promoting cleaner air. (1 point) True False 18. If something is biodegradable, it means it is broken down easily in the environment. (1 point) True False 19. Heating and cooling uses the least amount of energy in most homes. (1 point) True False 20. When smog levels are low, people with respiratory problems are advised to stay indoors. (1 point) True False

Can anyone relate? Regarding feeding baby? My little girl was born early and we both had major complications (she respiratory and me organ problem due to rare HELLP syndrome) and ended up at 2 diff hospitals. She was ready to to eat before I was able to be released from hospital. Therefore, I gave them the ok to take feeding tube out and give a bottle w/formula. She did great with it. For the fist week I was home I pumped full time but was not recovering, the pumping was taking too much out of me physically and mentally that my husband threw it out. Also, I started suffering from severe depression and was told by dr. that I needed to be on prozac, I was already on thyroid med and was worried about the meds being in my breast milk so, I did not put up a big fight. About a month later I physically had recovered and was doing much better mentally so, I bought a pump and was able to reestablish a small supply that I supplemented with for next few months. I had been prescribed oral birth control for reasons other then protection against preg.( I have thyroid/hormonal imbalances, PCOS ect.) but, I put off taking it so I could pump. Eventually,after 3 months of this my hubby said enough is enough she does not need any more breast milk, she needs a happy healthy mother and threw the new pump out and I agreed and stared taking BC. But, now I am feeling guilty that I did not pump longer/more. Although my family have been VERY supportive of me and this situation I am very influenced by all these insinuations ect. in media ect. about how breastfeeding is the only right choice. Has anybody ever been in a situation like this, and how did you move past it with all this pressure from society, what did you do? Thanks for sharing your thoughts

What is cloning..? How lifes created in simple way..? What is the role of the God in creation of the life? the question arises here as how the soul enters the father’s body ? The answer is, through breathing. And how do they come out ? During the process of copulation, the internal ‘energy wave’ moves faster. Which produces heat in the body resulting in the separation of some atom and molecules (Which had entered the body of the father through breathing, taking the form of cells (sperm) in the testis) from the body and make faster movement with the increase of heat, and they head towards any where they get open space. It is like the flow of water washing away some part of the clay on course. The structure of testis of a man is made up of both negative and positive molecules. It means all atoms in it contains proton, neutron and electrons. Where as, the ovary of a woman contains only negative atoms i.e. it contains major portion of neutron and some part of electron. During copulation, getting the head the sperms move ahead to unite with the atom (ovum) of the woman which is larger in size than the sperm. Only a single sperm succeeds in uniting with the ovum. The sperm utilizes the ovum as a protective covering for itself and within the protective boundary of the ovum it get nourished. Molecules which are successful become foetus, and grow to be a boy or girl, according to their ‘sanskar’ (systematic memory). Feeding on the molecules and atoms present in the uterus, the creature (foetus) makes its growth. In the food of men and women, there are molecules and atoms, which after the digestion of the food, become the part of body. Getting food from mother, the foetus also makes growth of its body. This is the episode of that sperm which is successful. During the combining process, other remaining sperms which could not get the protection of the ovum, get destroyed fast and turn into souls. They are very delicate, for which they can’t survive the adverse condition. Molecules get destroyed, by feeding on each other also. Souls, for a new life being mingled with air enters the body through the respiration. After passing through the lungs they mingle with the blood of the father. Then going through different metabolic process of the body they become part of testis, getting the form of a reproductive cells. There, in the body of the father, they get the feeling of heaven or hell. They remain in the testis, waiting for a new birth. After getting heat, they start flowing out breaking the bond. Like this, for a life soul, it takes years to get a new birth until it gets proper co-incidence, because one or two out of several sperms can combine with the ovum and the rest get destroyed to go back to the queue again. In the uterus, apart from the foetus, the other germs also get the feeding, but the atoms (of the foetus body) can’t eat anything. They just cohere to each other for creating the shape of the body. Like this, noting is your own in this creation of eternity and none are stranger to you either. When your own body is not actually yours, then what do you expect from others ? This is a hard fact that, if one gets the feeding, the other has to lose its life. Inside and outside the body there are several lives getting flourished and getting destroyed at eh same time. Like earth, inside the body also, there are scenes of flood, quacks, heat cold, and with this many lives are affected. The reason behind the molecules of the germs achieving body or getting a shape, is their crave for getting a life of infinity. Every atom has a desire for improving itself. That is why, their SANSKAR, in a seed form gradually improves itself to reach the level that of a human being. This is the result of a serial development that takes place. In 1997, a wave was brought to the science world, when a scientist of “Rossali Institute” named lan Bilmut and his associates created a sheep named ‘Dolly’ by cloning method. Clone means ionize (without sexual intercourse). The other meaning of clone is “replica” also. This move was heartily welcome by the science world, because by this process any part of the human body can be recreated. Any creature which is on the verge of extinction can be saved by this method. In U S A, the scientists of ‘Oregon Regional Private Research Center’ cloned a monkey. The scientists of Taiwan cloned a kind of swine which was on extinction. But, this joy didn’t last long. Within a year or two the cloned creatures started showing the sign of old age. Why did it happen like this ? To understand this we have to get in to the process of cloning first. The scientists took out a cell from the ‘udder’ of a white sheep and placed it between nutritious elements. Slowly the quantity of the elements got reduced. In result the cell became inactive and the division in it stopped. Next, an immature egg of a female black pigmented sheep was taken and the DNA of it was separated out from it. Now the egg lacking in a nucleus was combined with the inactive cell taken before. Electric wave was passed through them. The cells became active with this. The egg then accepted the nucleus of the cell. Like this, without any sexual contact a foetus got created. That foetus was placed in the uterus of a third sheep. In course of time a baby lamb was born from it which carried an exact resemblance of the first sheep. The baby sheep was named as ‘DOLLY’. Now, it is an unanimously accepted theory that body of a creature is made by cells, and the continuity of life is based on the growth and division of cells, but for the growth of cell some factors are there. They are growth harmones, growth factors for the nervous system, ancogen factors, edible stuff present in the cell, the correlation between cell nucleus and plasma etc. According to the new research telimier is the part of chromosomes only, and keeps control over cell division. Slowly it loses its power. As we all know that every thing has a limit, a cell can only undergo division up to a certain number. In course of time the dividing power in a cell reduces. The cell which was used for production of “DOLLY” was a matured one, and had undergone several division before. The divisive power of it had been reduced considerably. That is why, the sign of early old age was seen in “Dolly”. Of course, in this aspect the scientist got some drawback, but they will overcome it very soon. In the above aspect, the fast ageing of Dolly due to cloning method may have the reason that the cell taken from the sheep had completed most of its life span. In a body old cells die down to be replaced by new cells. The cells of mother sheep, which are made up of dormant germs, are under developing stage towards their ‘sheep form’. The meaning is, they are in a stage of few birth prior to become full seeds. Now they haven’t received the capacity of a complete seed form. These cells, after meeting death inside mother sheep for the process of next birth, enter into the male sheep through respiration to become a part of its cell. Again with developed stage they will become part of reproductive cell of the male sheep. During the copulation between the male and female sheep, they will enter the mother sheep in the form of sperms and any of them who would be received by the ovum would create a foetus. If the scientist had to choose cells for cloning, they should choose from the area where cells are more improved from the view of further development. Like, a part of tests. It is much better if taken from the inner part. Or,the part of brain from where serum is secreted during the time of sexual intercourse. Then scientist can try cells (dormant germs) for best result in cloning because unlike tissue culture, in bio culture every atoms (cells) from a particular branch do not carry the ‘chance’ for a new life. In tissue culture every cell gets life after the process but, in a body of creature, each of all atoms does not redevelop itself, but go ahead in the direction of serial development. In the series of development, water, air, vegetation, bacteria etc. serially got developed from the matter only. Bacteria or microbes are taken to be the member from last pedigree of the vegetation. Like protozoa, Amoeba, Metazoa, Parazoa. These are single called creatures. They are also micro sized creatures. The reproduction of bacteria occurs by the method of division only i.e. One will divide into two and so on. Bacteria or microbes are of four type Cocas which is round in shape. Bacillus-long rod shaped. Spirylium-snake type Wibro-which is of ‘coma’ shape. In the process of converting into bacteria from the vegetation, after getting the above mentioned sizes they start getting the aggression of mind. Which ever shape comes to them first, they start taking up a physique of that shape. Slowly, they started developing different systems of the body like respiratory system, digestive system, and brain the formidable will power of a life causes these developments. They start developing different sensory organs, heart and kidney etc. first bicycle then TV, the car, then aeroplane, then jets were invented. Like that the germs (or microbes) have reached this stage (human being) by gradually developing their internal capacities. More improvement is coming up by it, both internally and externally. By the help of strong will power and with the effort generated by it, molecules with continuous improvement of themselves will attain the ‘divine power’ one day. Human race is the most improved and purified creature of today. One day, a better pedigree (generation) than this will be created. After reincarnation a human being is born as a human being only. The meanest of the human being may possibly be born as an animal in the next birth. What ever development is there till today, is the result of the efforts and collective will power of the atoms and germs of infinity members. That is why it is sad “What ever is done, is done by the Almighty because that collective will power is the ‘will’ of the Almighty only.”

seasonale and pregnant? I have been on Seasonale for about a month and a half and had some spotting in the beginning which was of no real concern to me. then I had to go on antibiotics because of a respiratory infection, which I never really thought anything about it then, I am sexually active with my partner of 3 years and we do not use protection, before I was on the depo shot so I didnt have to worry about using antibiotics, it has been about 2 weeks since I stopped the meds, Ive been feeling very tired and very sore breast, is there any possibility that I could have conceived... seasonale is the type birth control that you only have a cycle every 3 months

Kitten with possible neurological issues...any similar experiences or suggestions? I board my horse at a farm that has lots of farm cats. As I'm such a cat lover, I pay pretty close attention to them. Earlier this fall, I noted that one of the kittens seemed a little wobbly. She was so much smaller than the other kittens the litter and never ran around or played; she just sat on the porch where they are fed. She also appears to have a slight upper respiratory infection. Well, it's getting to be winter, and our winters are harsh. All of the other cats have moved to the protection of the hay lofts, but this poor little girl was left on the porch by herself. Today, I found her almost frozen and incredibly dehydrated. Needless to say, she's at my house now. I've got to say that I've never seen such a GRATEFUL cat! She has just slept on my lap and has been purring non-stop. She's not crying or the least bit upset. She has been eating, drinking, and resting. She's even used the litter box already!! My biggest concern is that she seems to be "dragging" her back legs somewhat. She can walk along, but not for very long. It seems as though her legs are pretty weak. I plan to take her to the vet for all the basics (specifically to make sure she doesn't have anything that can infect my other kids), but I'm wondering if anyone has experienced such things. Thanks for any insight!!

Mexican soccer fan ???????????? lets forget about soccer lets think about the swing flue some people email me about the swing flue they were telling me about what can i do to protect myself this is what i said Q: How do I protect myself and my family? A: For now, take commonsense precautions. Cover your coughs and sneezes, with a tissue that you throw away or by sneezing into your elbow rather than your hand. Wash hands frequently; if soap and water aren't available, hand gels can substitute. Stay home if you're sick and keep children home from school if they are. Q: How easy is it to catch this virus? A: Scientists don't yet know if it takes fairly close or prolonged contact with someone who's sick, or if it's more easily spread. But in general, flu viruses spread through uncovered coughs and sneezes or — and this is important — by touching your mouth or nose with unwashed hands. Flu viruses can live on surfaces for several hours, like a doorknob just touched by someone who sneezed into his hand. Q: In Mexico, officials are handing out face masks. Do I need one? A: The CDC says there's not good evidence that masks really help outside of health care settings. It's safer just to avoid close contact with someone who's sick and avoid crowded gatherings in places where swine flu is known to be spreading. But if you can't do that, CDC guidelines say it's OK to consider a mask — just don't let it substitute for good precautions. Q: Is swine flu treatable? A: Yes, with the flu drugs Tamiflu or Relenza, but not with two older flu medications. Q: Is there enough? A: Yes. The federal government has stockpiled enough of the drugs to treat 50 million people, and many states have additional stocks. As a precaution, the CDC has shipped a quarter of that supply to the states to keep on hand just in case the virus starts spreading more than it has so far. Q: Should I take Tamiflu as a precaution if I'm not sick yet? A: No. "What are you going to do with it, use it when you get a sniffle?" asks Dr. Marc Siegel of New York University Langone Medical Center and author of "Bird Flu: Everything you Need To Know About The Next Pandemic." Overusing antiviral drugs can help germs become resistant to them. Q: How big is my risk? A: For most people, very low. Outside of Mexico, so far clusters of illnesses seem related to Mexican travel. New York City's cluster, for instance, consists of students and family members at one school where some students came back ill from spring break in Mexico. Q: Why are people dying in Mexico and not here? A: That's a mystery. First, understand that no one really knows just how many people in Mexico are dying of this flu strain, or how many have it. Only a fraction of the suspected deaths have been tested and confirmed as swine flu, and some initially suspected cases were caused by something else. Q: Should I cancel my planned trip to Mexico? A: The U.S. did issue a travel advisory Monday discouraging nonessential travel there. Q: What else is the U.S., or anyone else, doing to try to stop this virus? A: The U.S. is beginning limited screening of travelers from Mexico, so that the obviously sick can be sent for treatment. Other governments have issued their own travel warnings and restrictions. Mexico is taking the biggest steps, closings that limit most crowded gatherings. In the U.S., communities with clusters of illness also may limit contact — New York closed the affected school for a few days, for example — so stay tuned to hear if your area eventually is affected. Q: What are the symptoms? A: They're similar to regular human flu — a fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people also have diarrhea and vomiting. Q: How do I know if I should see a doctor? Maybe my symptoms are from something else — like pollen? A: Health authorities say if you live in places where swine flu cases have been confirmed, or you recently traveled to Mexico, and you have flulike symptoms, ask your doctor if you need treatment or to be tested. Allergies won't cause a fever. And run-of-the-mill stomach bugs won't be accompanied by respiratory symptoms, notes Dr. Wayne Reynolds of Newport News, Va., spokesman for the American Academy of Family Physicians. Q: Is there a vaccine to prevent this new infection? A: No. And CDC's initial testing suggests that last winter's flu shot didn't offer any cross-protection. Q: How long would it take to produce a vaccine? A: A few months. The CDC has created what's called "seed stock" of the new virus that manufacturers would need to start production. But the government hasn't yet decided if the outbreak is bad enough to order that. Q: What is swine flu? A: Pigs spread their own strains of influenza and every so often people catch one, usually after contact with the animals. This new strain is a mix of pig viruses with some human and bird viruses. Unlike more typical swine flu, it is s

English to Turkish Translation about smoking? Can anyone translate the following, (sorry its a bit long! thanks in advance) : Hi Ercan, here is a little thing that will hopefully help you to realise why I want you to stop smoking. It's not just for me, but because I want you to look after your health. Smoking is such a terrible habit and I know most people where you live smoke like chimneys. You know you are my everything Ercan, and I cant stand watching you smoke and knowing what you are doing to your body. It is also affecting me as I breathe in your second hand smoke, which has the same affects. I want us to have a long and happy life together, and I don't want that to be compromised by smoking. So please Ercan, read this, take it in and stop smoking. These are facts. Believe me. What does smoking do to my body? Smoking causes many serious and fatal diseases including lung cancer, heart disease, bronchitis and emphysema. It also causes many other cancers, respiratory diseases, strokes and can affect fertility. Cigarettes contain over 4,000 toxic chemicals and around 50 of these cause cancer. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas in cigarette smoke. It is also found in car exhaust fumes and produced by faulty gas appliances. It takes the place of oxygen in the blood, causing your lungs to work less efficiently. This stops cells all around your body from getting the oxygen they need. Tar is the sticky brown substance which stains your fingers and teeth. Tar causes cancer and damages your lungs. It stays inside your lungs, making tubes narrower and reducing your protection against infection. What's in a cigarette? Cigarettes contain over 4,000 toxic chemicals and around 50 of these cause cancer. The three main toxins are nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar. Some other things found in cigarettes are: Acetone - Nail polish remover Ammonia - Toilet cleaner Arsenic - Rat poison Benzo(a)pyrene - Diesel exhaust fumes Carbon Monoxide - Petrol exhaust fumes DDT and Dieldrin - Insecticides Formaldehyde - Preservative for dead bodies Hydrogen Cyanide - Poison used in gas chambers Methanol - Rocket fuel Titanium - Metal used to make aeroplanes Haemoglobin from the blood of a pig is used in cigarette filters What are the effects of secondhand smoke? Breathing in secondhand smoke can damage almost every organ in the human body. It increases the risk of lung cancer by 24% and heart disease by 25%. Secondhand smoke is very dangerous for children because their bodies are still developing. Cot death is twice as likely for babies whose mothers smoke. Children who grow up in a smoking household are much more likely to suffer from asthma, middle ear infections, coughs, colds and wheezes. People exposed to secondhand smoke face the same dangers as smokers themselves. They breathe in the same poisonous gases and toxic chemicals so suffer from the same health risks.

Health multiple choice? 1. Rain that is far more acidic than normal (1 point) smog pesticides acid rain pollution 2. Products used on crops to control insects and other pests (1 point) hazardous wastes pesticides pollution nonrenewable resources 3. Huge pits where wastes are dumped and buried (1 point) landfills conservation nonrenewable resources smog 4. Substances that cannot be replaced once they are used (1 point) pollution nonrenewable resources smog hazardous wastes 5. Reducing waste before it occurs (1 point) ozone layer nonrenewable resources recycling precycling 6. The saving of resources (1 point) conservation landfills ozone layer precycling 7. Any dirty or harmful substance in the environment (1 point) hazardous wastes pollution smog ozone layer 8. A yellow-brown haze that forms when sunlight reacts with air pollution (1 point) acid rain smog ozone layer pesticides 9. Human-made liquid or solid wastes that may endanger human health or the environment (1 point) smog acid rain hazardous wastes pesticides 10. A shield that protects living things from ultraviolet (UV) radiation (1 point) ozone layer nonrenewable resources pollution smog True/False Indicate whether a statement is true or false. 11. The Environmental Protection Agency is the governmental agency that is committed to protecting the environment. (1 point) True False 12. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources. (1 point) True False 13. The earth would be too hot to support life if there were no greenhouse effect. (1 point) True False 14. An alternative to burying trash is burning it in special furnaces called generators. (1 point) True False 15. Batteries are an example of a household item that should not be discarded in the regular trash. (1 point) True False 16. The three R's for preventing and reducing pollution include reducing, reusing, and redesigning. (1 point) True False 17. Carpooling is one strategy for promoting cleaner air. (1 point) True False 18. If something is biodegradable, it means it is broken down easily in the environment. (1 point) True False 19. Heating and cooling uses the least amount of energy in most homes. (1 point) True False 20. When smog levels are low, people with respiratory problems are advised to stay indoors. (1 point)