In a interview with Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. Silvia villarreal MPP lead author of the report director of research translation at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. “We hope this report helps policymakers grasp the scale of this crisis and the possibility of addressing it more effectively with equitable, evidence-based measures including child gun access prevention laws,” says Silvia Villarreal, MPP, lead author of the report and director of research translation at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Background
Since 1990 the fatalities caused by injuries due to firearms in the united states has gone up thousands. Children should not have to worry about going to school and possibly not going home to there familys. Parents should not have to think about their children being a victim of a shooting not just in schools but anywhere they might go. Studies show that firearm violence is the number one cause of death in the world. There were 2,526 gun deaths in 2022 among 1 to 17 year olds, averaging to nearly 7 per day. Firearms accounted for nearly a third of all deaths among 15 to 17 year olds. From 2013 to 2022, the rates of gun suicide among Black youth ages 10 to 17 tripled and, for Hispanic youth ages 10 to 17, more than doubled Black male teens and young adults (ages 15 to 34) accounted for 34 percent of all gun homicides during 2022, though they represented just 2 percent of the total U.S. population. The gun homicide rate for this group was 24 times higher than that for white males in this age group. Over half of deaths among Black older teens ages 15 to 17 in 2022 were caused by guns. In 2022, the gun homicide rate among Black female teens and young adults ages 15–34 was nine times higher than that of the white female. Across all age groups, American Indian/Alaskan Natives were five times more likely to die by gun homicide than their white counterparts.
Soulution Sensible gun laws, Reduce easy access to dangerous weapons. I think that they should fix gun laws and make then more sensible and reduce access to dangerous weapons i feel that, that would help with a lot of the gun violence.
Conclusion Children should not have to worry about going to school and possibly not going home to there familys. Parents should not have to think about their children being a victim up a shooting not just in schools but anywhere they might go. Studies show that firearm violence is the number one cause of death in the world. “We hope this report helps policymakers grasp the scale of this crisis and the possibility of addressing it more effectively with equitable, evidence-based measures including child gun access prevention laws,” says Silvia Villarreal, MPP, lead author of the report and director of research translation at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Nuclear energy is kind of a love/hate thing. as people think it's terrible for the environment nd the high risk high reward situation. As power plants needed to run in just one specific way so meltdown and disasters don't happen like chernobyl and fukushima. But really nobody has to worry about them because if they run properly nothing should happen. And with nuclear energy supplying enough needs for humanity then clean energy alone. Most areas around the world have developed power plants in north america, asia, and europe. Less Likely in areas like south america and africa. And also speaking that nuclear plants work in any weather condition so there superior to clean energy alone. As bill gates said ¨ that if we are able to expand access to affordable and clean electricity, it would drastically improve living conditions for millions and would ultimately be a huge step in lifting those people out of poverty. Gates has done more than just write about the benefits of nuclear energy.¨ -Bill Gates. Former CEO of microsoft.¨
So the solution of our energy is to use both nuclear energy and clean energy at the same area so we can use maximum efficacy. To gain as much power efficiency so we can supply power to our cities and country.
People that agree with nuclear power. ¨ that if we are able to expand access to affordable and clean electricity, it would drastically improve living conditions for millions and would ultimately be a huge step in lifting those people out of poverty. Gates has done more than just write about the benefits of nuclear energy.¨ -Bill Gates. Former CEO of microsoft.¨
Vaping is a huge problem no doubt about that, here is some evidence that it is, a interview with Barbra a vaping specialist states, “Vapes can contain over 225 chemicals known to harm human health.“ some of the major effects are, lung scarring, organ damage, and even organ explosions. These are not common but they are deadly and definitely something to worry about. more info about vaping: They don’t know if vapes exactly lead to cancer, and even though they do not have tobacco in them the chemicals can cause sickness. A report on over 800 studies conducted in 2018 by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine found that there are potentially toxic substances in e-cigarettes and that these can be given off while vaping. Nicotine has a severe effect on the brain as it triggers the dopenen in the brain which makes you happy. Normally the kids that vape. aren’t really happy in life this makes it really addictive. These addictions can be fixed with, restricting access, so these kids and teens cant get a hold of them. This idea is very important right now because there is so many stores that will just sell vapes to kids just so they can get money. This idea will change a lot. Raising prices so it’s harder for everyone to get a hold of them and makes them less tempting. Raising prices would be great because they are already $20-$40 dollars each so increasing price to like $60 or more will make not only kids not get them but the adults may stop too. Limiting the amount in the stores so they are harder to find. This one might take a bit too do because people aren’t going to be very happy about it, but it will make a difference. Conducting media campaigns meaning that we should have more health concern ads. With more of these ads it will hopefully make kids look at vaping differently then they do now. Less vaping advertising on platforms, providing quit smoking programs so people can get help when they need it. This will really help with little kids getting vapes because nowadays there is kids on facebook, snapchat, and twitter. All of these ideas may end vaping, and change the world. Vaping is a massive problem and the more we can shorten the percent of people vaping the better. It kills so much of the population, and ruins people's lives. someday it will be better if we all work together.
“I come before you to ask for your help. My brother and I, both in our mid-seventies, have been housemates for decades. Right now, we are homeless. A second bout of long covid has left us unable to work, and we were evicted from our apartment in Gloucester, MA in September 2024. Since then, we’ve been staying with relatives and friends, while trying to qualify for subsidized housing.” I turns out that this story is one of many people struggling with homeless.
How they become homeless Addiction According to Arlington Life Shelter 68% of u.s cities report that addiction is their biggest cause of homelessness most common is drug, alcohol, and gamblin this just one of the ways people become homeless, 50% of women and children are fleeing domestic violence and once the level they have no money or any form of in com or a place to live You might wonder if others have had this experience yes a lot of people around the world are struggling with this problem but thar are more was that i found that make people homeless one other way people can't keep affording the living area is because of job loss this is comin if the company is making cuts or shutting down and if they got fired or cut that don't have a source of income anymore Problems with homelessness Thar is not enough room in shelters Thar are too many strict rolls to follow The police are cracking down on campers and making them leave
They need to make homeless shelters have mental health programs and help with adishinse. Ann olivia said that we will inspire Faith and hope that we can stop homelessness.
Often, people that swim in bodies of water; like oceans, find plastic in the water. A sailor went sailing on his boat when he came across a big submerged pile of plastic. “It was crazy. We said ‘there’s something in the water’. It would’ve been a huge problem if we hit it!”
“To see wildlife in its natural habitat, playing with something that shouldn’t be there, its heartbreaking” said Caffari, a leader for the Volvo Ocean Race. Over the course of 10 years more marine life animals and plants have been dying faster and younger. Due to all the chemicals and microplastics in the ocean, the marine life cannot live peacefully without running into microplastics and eating them, not knowing its harming them. Over 100 million marine animals die each year from plastics in the ocean. Today, there are about 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and other waste in the oceans. One of the most affected animals from ocean pollution is sea turtles. Sea turtles constantly get injured from plastics floating in the oceans, the curious animals can get stuck in very tiny round pieces of tight plastics, and die. When animals consume microplastics, the microscopic pieces make their way into the animal's flesh, becoming apart of them. People all over the world eat fish, when people often eat fish they don't think about that there might be microplastics in their fish meat. There are currently more than 358 trillion microplastics sitting in the oceans across the world. When humans consume microplastics, it doesn't affect them until they eat a large amount. Consuming microplastics can trigger an immune response in your body. These microplastics can be very toxic to marine life and humans in a lot of ways.
People everywhere could be polluting and contributing to ocean pollution without even realizing it. Most don't believe they are contributing to ocean pollution if they are putting or throwing a plastic piece into the ocean. Overtime plastic can build up and form a very toxic environment in the seas. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is known worldwide for the large amount of plastic it has in one big garbage area. There are a mixture of chemicals, plastics, microplastics, and marine debris scattered in that particular area. People often don't think about how overtime this garbage patch can be very harmful to the environment. Infact, a lot of people do pollute things into the ocean, not knowing it might end up in the GPGP (Great Pacific Garbage Patch) Scientists of the Ocean Cleanup are currently trying to find solution on how to fix this big garbage patch in the pacific. They are a huge number or chemicals laying in the garbage patch and most are very harmful to every living thing. You could be drinking a can of soda and throw it into the ocean not thinking it’s going to be a problem.
Almost every pollution garbage patch in the oceans are extremely toxic. Although, the most toxic thing currently laying in most oceans are microplastics. Consuming microplastics can cause you a great number of risks to your health. Some commonly eaten marine animals have microplastics in them, when you eat them the plastics are digested into your body. Some risks you may be taking eating sea life animals are: DNA damage, oxidative damage, gene damage, and the most risky, Cancer development. While you may be eating sea life animals with microplastics, there's also times when you aren't. It is common to digest them but that doesn't mean every marine animal has microplastics currently sitting in their systems..
Scientists across the world are currently doing all they can for helping with ocean pollution. One major thing they are doing is analysing water samples to figure out what kinds of plastic lurk in the ocean. They are getting answers for what kind of contaminants are in the water. Experts everywhere are extremely determined to give all the help they can. Scientists have been experimenting with water samples, and trying to figure out ways to improve the water quality and levels. One other major thing they are currently trying to do is reduce plastic in many different countries. They have done their best to encourage people to recycle plastic and other contaminants safely so it doesn't end up floating in the ocean, damaging it.
Many people have been taking a part in helping to save the oceans. Tiza Mafira is a lawyer and a director of the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement. The IPBDM is a movement to help stop the use of plastic bags. Mafira launched a petition in 2015 demanding store owners and retailers to not give out plastic bags. A year later plastic bag charges were introduced to the country. People who wanted to use bags made of plastic had to pay around 55 Cents per bag. “I’m optimistic because progress has already been made and cautious because the more imminent change appears to be, the more interest groups attempt to strike it down,” says Mafira. Another person persistent to make a change for the better for the oceans is, Lawyer Afroz Shah he is best known for his cleanup along beaches. Almost every week he is determined to clean up a beach, many people volunteer to help him make beaches better and less dirty. “The problem is not with plastic,” Shah says, “The problem is our empathy towards plastic or how we handle plastic.” In the year 2016 he was awarded as the United Nations Champion for the Earth. He is determined to make a difference. Even if you don't do a huge organization like these people, experts say it's okay to just recycle.
Today, ocean pollution is one of the main problems why animals are dying and other living things. It is necessary to have marine life and bodies of clean water like oceans. People worldwide are disappointed of how oceans have changed for the worse over the decades. “It is the worst of times but it is the best of times, because we still have a chance”, says Sylvia Earle. The world can still change for the better many experts say.
I really like how you explained how it compares now to the past and how clear it is when you read the article and you organized your article very well!
I saw newscasts on every channel warning that electric vehicles may catch fire from the saltwater and the batteries. Problems Can be pricy to put in chargers. Fast chargers can cost $100,000 they might have to change the electricity way to get enough electricity to all chargers. Some chargers can only be used for certain cars Although the towing weight is higher than gas engines the range gets cut down a lot so gas enines might be better for towing for a while. Electric cars have been known to ignite randomly which can be really dangerous and can leave people stranded having to call someone to pick them up, and losing a 76,000 dollar car. There are not enough technicians to fix all the chargers when they break or go down. What they are trying to fix They are trying to fix the ranges for trucks and other suvs because they have done multiple tests showing that when towing the ranges on the trucks went down a significant amount so they are trying to fix it so that you can tow things and not have to charge as frequently. The comfort of them because electric cars they are trying to make them more comfortable because they want it to be luxury. Their batteries to keep a longer charge because some of the batteries dont last for too long especially if you dont take care of the batteries the battery life can go down quicker and they are trying to make them last longer. Getting more chargers for them because the electric car world is still young and they are having big problems with there not being enough chargers or having the chargers spread way far out causing some people to get stranded because they can’t get to the charger station.
They need to get more workers to fix the chargers because too many are breaking and there is not enough people to fix them because lots of them break every month and it is important to keep all of them up and good for people who need to charge. In total the ev world is smoothly getting better and looking like a good future for the world and the hybrids will hopefully still be manufactured giving people a option to still get a combustion engine
"When I asked him to explain his comments, he didn’t have any basis for this concern except that I was a woman and that driving a bus was, in his eyes, ‘man’s work’. He insisted I’d have to stay on the lower training wage until I’d proven myself."
Gender discrimination Expert Dr.Do Kandola Gender bias expert stated, “Highlights the prevalence of gender stereotypes that often lead to favoritism towards men in aspects such as job roles, seniority, and pay. Research shows that 76% of implicit biases associate women with nurturing traits, while men are associated with competence traits like strategic thinking and decisiveness, which are highly valued in business environments.” Gender discrimination happens when a man or woman gets treated differently because of their gender. Gender discrimination mainly happens to women but can happen to men. Some forms of gender discrimination are not being hired for a job, not being paid the right amount of money, lower-paying positions, and sometimes being only hired for a certain job. 42% of woman in the U.S. have stated that they have been discriminated against because of their gender. They reported from their experience that they were earning less than a male co-worker doing the same job. Others have also stated that they were passed over for important assignments.
Discrimination against women in the workforce Women who have more schooling experience more gender discrimination. 57% of women who have experienced gender discrimination are women who have a postgraduate degree, and only 39% of women who didn't complete college experience less gender discrimination. Women of color experience more gender discrimination because they are women and a person of color. They sometimes get paid less than a white person when they are both doing the same job. 66% of people who said they were discriminated against are people of color. Women who show leadership in the workplace get called “aggressive” for demonstrating leadership, but when a man shows leadership they get praised for showing leadership.
Speaking out against gender discrimination Keeping track of who, what, when, and where and writing it down. Tell your boss or HR and write it in an email for physical proof that you reported it. Reading your employer policies manual. Using the manual looking at the policies about discrimination you can use it to protect your rights. Looking for a number to report discrimination which will most likely be your work HR. There is a complaint procedure and deadlines from when it happened to a couple of months later. NDAs are used to protect an organization's private information. NDAs can’t be used against employers to cover up a report of discrimination or sexual harassment.
In conclusion, gender discrimination is a problem still happening in the workforce all over. People are working to fix the gender discrimination happening in the world. According to experts, it would take 136 years until gender discrimination would be nonexistent. The world is going backward with gender discrimination. The world can get better if we work together.
Picture this a, 10 year old surviving a school shooting and revealing the last words of their best friend. The Robb Elementary School in Texas had a mass shooting. On May 24, 2022, 21 lives were tragically lost, some even died as heroes trying to save their class from getting shot. IHME states that the U.S is ranked 7th out of 65 for homicides by firearms. Firearm homicide among high income countries, in 2021 the United States of America is 4.5. Rates in the U.S are 19 times greater than they are in France, and 77 times greater than they are in Germany. Abc Eyewitness News announced that in Illinois on the southside of Chicago, a male victim was shot many times. Then the victim was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead. In that shooting 14 citizens were shot, 4 fatally, a tragic weekend of gun violence across Chicago. Wisconsin Legislative Council states, Under Wisconsin law, a person under age or 18 is generally prohibited from possessing or going armed with a firearm, also subject to certain exceptions. As discussed, a person must be 21 years of age or older to be eligible for a state license to carry a concealed weapon. If a person has been convicted of a felony in this state, the person has been convicted of a crime elsewhere that would be a felony if committed in this state, the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, and the person has been a fugitive of justice. Think of our future, firearm regulations keep us safe.
Have you ever thought that genetically modifying living things is only fictional? Well, I’m here to tell you that it's not just scifi, it is real life! …But it may not be as great as we imagined.
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are plants or animals that have had their DNA modified before they became a fetus.
Animals are Modified for Science
At a hidden farm for research there were around 300 pigs just for research. All of the piglets there, are clones. These pigs are kept in a clean environment so there will be no germs or harmful bacteria affecting them. These specific pigs are modified just enough to where their organs are close enough to human organs, to where those organs can be transplanted into humans; They are doing this because there is a shortage of transplantable organs. Some people think this is immoral because raising animals for organs is wrong, but then again, we do that all the time for almost every meal we eat.
Plants and Crops
Most GMOs are plants. Plants and crops get their DNA changed so there's more, they can lower the prices of food, enhanced nutrients, resistance to pests and disease, greater food security, and medical benefits to the world's growing population.
People think that GMOs are bad for your health, and they're right!
According to the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM), there are no human clinical trials of GMO foods, but those done with animals indicate serious health risks linked to GMOs. These include: Infertility, Immune problems, Accelerated aging, Faulty insulin regulations, and Changes to major organs and the gastrointestinal system. Genetic engineering is even worse on humans because we do not have the technology for it.
Solutions
To avoid GMOs in your food, it might be hard but there are ways you can avoid it. You could look for food labeled “Non GMO” or “GMO-free.” Buy organic foods! Most foods that are 100% organic will be labeled. You can also just buy whole foods and make them yourself because then you know what's in it. These are some wonderfully easy ways you can avoid Genetically Modified Organisms in your food.
Patriots were fined 1 million for deflating the ball a little so it was easier to throw and catch. It was called deflategate and some say it helped Tom Brady win.
Harbaugh maintains that he knew nothing of the Stallions scandal. Apparently, he knew about the recruiting violations he was recruiting though. In fact, an ex-Michigan staffer is to be believed, Harbaugh actually told members of his staff to commit these violations. Bountygate happened and the saint’s coach was aware of it but he didn’t shut it down, and the players were getting bonuses if they injured other players
Bill Belichick fined 500,000 for recording Jets defensive coaches and their hand signals, they had done this to multiple other teams as well and had plans on how to do it. They also sent low-tier employees to the other team’s locker room to get a play sheet There was a bounty bowl in the late 1980s where a kicker got a bounty on him and the person who hit the kicker was on his team.
There has been a lot of cheating and scandals in the NFL and I doubt it will ever stop, but it has been a lot less cheating now than in the past.
August 16th through August 21st. Hurricane Hilary has hit. The hurricane carried 2.5 billion gallons of contaminated water into the Tijuana River.
What Causes Contaminated Water and What’s in it? Contaminated water is very dangerous and has several main producers. The sewage that flows into rivers and oceans are mainly caused by industrialization, agricultural activities, and insufficient water supply and sewage treatment facilities. Sewage is also caused from toilets, washing machines, water from houses. The everyday things that seem like they don’t do any harm, are a reason for a surplus in sewage and polluted waters.
Contaminated water holds very harmful factors including stormwater runoff, harmful chemicals, and trash. The harmful chemicals that are included in these waters are things like Cadmium, Arsenic, and Chromium.
Health Issues and Diseases from Contaminated Water From scientists researching Contaminated Water, they were able to link it to Cancer. Cancers like Leukemia, Lymphoma, Bladder Cancer and Rectal Cancer. Not only was Cancer linked to Contaminated Water, Cancer was also found to be the most common long time hazard due to contaminated water. That isn’t the only problem though, it was found that 50+ diseases were discovered to also be hiding in this water.
Ways water pollution has been fought off. Water pollution wasn’t only fought off from people, it can be fought off from other living things like how recently, a new bacteria has been discovered. It was found that it can break down plastic and transform it into a food source. This can filter out plastic that is inside of water, helping issues with water pollution.
In addition to that, a recent discovery from the MIT discovered a new filtration material that can be used to filter heavy metals and persistent chemicals out of water. It was made from a combination of natural silk and cellulose.
Ways you can fight off water pollution. There are many ways for you to help with water pollution. FIrst off, consider using other items that don’t contain plastic. For example you can you a paper bag or a reusable bag to prevent use of too much plastic. Another way is to not litter. LIttering is one thing that should not happen,. Littering can effect the health of not only water, but land, and even air. If you find and empty bottles, plastic, or boxes on the ground consider picking them up and recycling them to give the earth a healthier condition.
Water pollution is a huge problem in our world. Giving health problem to animals and humans. But with the help of research, and people, water pollution can be dealt with.
Gary has been homeless due to childhood trauma and a relationship breakdown. His mom was an addict and she passed away a couple months ago. His dad was an alcoholic and he hasn’t seen him since he was nine. Gary witnessed a lot of nasty things. He became homelessness after he had a baby with his partner. Gary was sleeping on sofas/couches, garages, and even in a fridge. He was put in a hostel around Kew. He got depression and ended up doing heroin with his roommate. Things turned around for Gary when he got his flat and made a conscious decision to stop using every day. He did his own detox for a month. He was referred to St Mungo’s for the construction course. I already had the skills, but in the Job Centre just want to pump you back into work.
Homelessness in Our World
Homelessness in the World is a urgent public health issue because it impacts many cities, suburbs, and rural towns around the world. Lack of housing has a negative impact on overall health and life expectancy for all ages. Tens of thousands of people die every year due to the dangerous conditions of living without housing. People that experience homelessness die 30 years earlier than the average American. “Out of sight, out of mind” laws that make it illegal to sit or sleep in public outdoor spaces only exacerbate the revolving door between homelessness and incarceration¨. Causes that could lead to Homelessness
When a job is lost is makes it difficult to pay for monthly expenses could cause homelessness. Many survivors of domestic violence become homeless because they leave the abusive relationship. Being sad when Homeless could lead to mental illness or susicde. PTSD from trauma could lead to causes people to be prone to self-destructive behavior, poor memory, and even substance abuse disorder. Prevention to Homelessness Possible ways people try to end homelessness is by to end Homelessness is a community-wide coordinated approach to delivering services, housing, and programs. The solution to homelessness is simple housing, rapid re-housing is an intervention designed to quickly connect people to housing and services. Sometimes people need long-term rental assistance to support their stability. There are programs designs to assist low-income people to increase their income are critical to preventing homelessness. National Coalition for the Homeless – Mental Illness¨Serious mental illness can cause can disrupt people's essential aspects of daily life. People have tried to prevent homelessness by creating a community wide-coordinated approach to delivering services, housing, and programs to help the homeless people get a little help so they can figure things out. Provide assistance for the most vulnerable homeless people by giving them food, water, and warmth such as blankets, coats, hats, and gloves. Ann Olivia said ¨that We will inspire FAITH that ending homelessness is possible. We will lead with LOVE, equity and lived expertise in all that we do. We will relentlessly pursue bringing people HOME¨.
Anecdote A man immigrated to America from Naples, Italy when he was a young child. He landed and grew up in New York City but eventually moved to Atlanta. He later figured out that he had breathing problems when he was on a biking trip with some of his friends. He went to several doctors who improperly diagnosed him. He was supposed to have his lung removed when one of his surgeons said that it wasn’t his lungs. If they removed it it would make his condition even worse. It turned out that he had a disease called Sarcoidosis. This condition made him sensitive to air pollution so he had to move somewhere where the air quality was better.
Health Effects of Air Pollution There are many health effects that come with air pollution. Some include strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, trachea, bronchus, lung cancers, aggravated asthma, and lower respiratory infections. Other health effects are cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, and cancer which can be caused by fine particulate matter. Chronic exposure to air pollution can also affect all the organs in your body.
What Air Pollution does to Adolescent Health Because of the combination of ambient air pollution and household air pollution, it can be connected to 6.7 premature deaths per year. Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental health risks for children’s health and children and adolescents are the most vulnerable because their immune systems and organs are still developing.
How Air Pollution Effects Pre Existing Health Conditions Air pollution doesn’t only create new problems, it can also cause trouble to pre existing conditions such as Asthma or Sarcoidosis. It can also increase your mortality risk when having cancer. Short-term exposure to air pollution can increase the probability of strokes, heart attacks, and other heart problems. Exposure to air pollution can be dangerous if you don’t have a health condition but it can become more dangerous for people with breathing conditions, cancer, and heart problems.
How You can Help Cleaner transport. Cleaner modes of transport can help lower the pollutants that some vehicles emit. Some ideas would be walking or riding a bike if you don’t live far from where you are headed. Rail interurban freight, more heavy-duty diesel vehicles, and vehicles that emit less pollutants as well as fuel with less sulfur in it are also better alternatives.
Air pollution doesn’t just happen out in the world; it also happens at home. Cleaner household energy can also help reduce air pollution emissions. Things such as cooking, heating, and lighting can be affordable and better for air quality. Alternatives to a gas stove, which is bad for air quality, include induction and electric cooktops.
Pollution particles get into your venting and ductwork and don’t settle in a few places but are spread through your entire house. Heating then increases the concentrations of some of the pollutants which makes the air quality in your house worse. Some ways to prevent this from happening is solar energy or geothermal energy (which uses water) to heat your house when it gets cold. You can also use these ideas for lighting.
Conclusion There are so many ways that air pollution can affect someone’s health in negative ways. There are many health problems that it can cause but these can become worse for people that already have breathing or heart problems. Children and adolescents are most vulnerable to air pollution because their bodies are still developing. Air pollution is also one of the main causes for premature deaths. Air pollution can also affect people at home. The air quality in your house can be just as bad as the air quality outside. There are simple ways to help such as walking or biking, solar and geothermal power, and many other ways to help slow it down and hopefully reduce it.
Intro Picture this. You are a kid who has found yourself waking up in an abandoned alley with your parents who told you that we had ran out of money. This is the homelessness experience. And it isn’t an experience that anybody should go through in their lifetime.
Poverty Problems You might wonder if others experience this, but it is not common to see people going through this struggle. In fact 58,000 people from over 30,000 houses are homeless. And that is just from this year. Also, since families are homeless, they don’t have any money, which also means parents will have less resources to provide for themselves and for their children. Which leads to child services taking children away from their parents. It turns out that 5,100 children are currently living in accommodations, which is 110% more than 2019. In addition, homeless families will have to start to change their everyday habits if they want to survive. They might have to dig through trash cans to get food, and they might have to start asking civilians who walk by for spare change.
Poverty Pointers Here are some things that people can do to help out the homeless. To start, be kind enough to give them some food every once in a while. It would really help out to their health, especially if they have starvation. Also, slip a few coins to them too. It will help motivate them to work to get them back on their feet. From the expert Deng Chao Chao, “The best way to help people is to get them to the point where they no longer feel the need to agonize over a bit of oil left in a pot, or to where they can buy shoes or a bus ticket on their own.” I feel like that statement should motivate people to help the homeless.
The Effects From Stigma Around Mental Health by Cheyenne Martin
Many People find themselves not being able to receive the proper care and treatment for mental and/or physical health. That’s because of stigma and discrimination around mental health and it can affect the amount of care a person may receive for mental and physical health.
Bystanders first became aware of the issues caused by stigma and discrimination around mental health when people started reporting that they weren’t receiving proper care for mental and/or physical health because of the stigma and the societal norms that the stigma and discrimination has caused. “Studies have shown that about %40 percent of individuals dealing with mental health issues have not been able to receive proper care.”
There are multiple different types of stigma but the main two are self stigma and just normal stigma within society. Self stigma means that is based around the way a person may act and feel towards themself. Stigma and discrimination can prevent people from receiving housing, jobs, medical treatment and much more.
The stigma and discrimination has been found to be one of the most common reasons why care and treatment to be denied for an individual. Stigma can normalize so much for society that issues like these can worsen an individual's current issue.
There are steps you can take to help such as providing housing for individuals who may not have access to housing, help by spreading the word that some people can’t help that they have a mental disorders because mental health issues can be caused by genetics, trauma, stress and many more reasons because there isn’t just one single cause to mental health disorders and it mostly depends on the person themself and their life.
The stigma and discrimination based around mental health has so many negative effects, and can cause so many more issues within the topic of mental health.
A sign of spring in Wisconsin is the Sandhill Crane, however most people don´t welcome these birds back. In an interview with Geis, a Wisconsin farmer, ¨Gies said he pays about $1200 for three gallons of Avipel to treat 85 acres.¨You might wonder if others have had this experience, farmers will dig the seed from the ground and eat the seeds, farmers try viable a non toxic chemical for the cranes to make spit the seed out. That doesn't work because they pick up a footlong of corn. Cranes make the farmers lose 1.6 million dollars and they can break windows. In a survey of 162 people have complete it agree that there should be a hunting season for the Sandhill Crane. They should have a hunting season for them because they have done a half a million in crop damages.
In 2024, a 30 year old mother of 2, Diana could not have imagined that her Instagram account, which was once filled with travel and fashion photos, now tells of her breast cancer journey. Today, Diana is still adjusting to her new life as a cancer awareness advocate who is living with a disease that challenges both her body and her spirit. In an interview with the World Health Organization, Diana stated “It all started when I noticed a lump in my breast and thought that I needed to visit a doctor.” After many tests and consultations, she was diagnosed with stage 2, breast cancer. Two tumours turned into 5, and she needed to start treatment as soon as possible to reduce the risk of poor outcomes.
Breast Cancer Breast cancer is a disease in which certain breast cells form tumors. If left unnoticed, tumors can move throughout the body and become deadly. Increasing age, obesity, reproductive history, family history of breast cancer, history of radiation exposure, and tobacco use, are some factors that increase the risk of breast cancer.
Current Treatments For many people like Diana traditional approaches such as chemotherapy and radiation have produced continuous physical and psychological challenges. Because of this, the landscape of tumor treatment has undergone a huge transformation. Some of these changes include antibody-drug conjugates, Cell based therapies, and gene therapy. These treatments don’t only offer precise tumor targeting, but they also provide patients with the potential to impede the disease progression.
One technology advance is 3-D mammography. This procedure takes photos from a lot of angles around the breast and puts them into a 3D image. Although this technology is increasingly available in the clinic, it still isn’t known whether it is more efficient than a standard 2-D mammography, for detecting cancer at a less advanced stage.
Even though technology advances help a lot with breast cancer treatment, experts are still trying to decide the best way to treat the deadly disease.
Early detection, and its benefits Breast cancer is a huge public health concern that affects women all around the globe. The good news is that advancements in treatment, and early detection have led to improved survival rates. Breast cancer is one of a few cancers that an effective screening test is available. MRI and ultrasound can also be used to detect breast cancer.
How You Can Help If you would like to support people with breast cancer, and help fund new research, there are many different charities you can donate to some include: American Cancer Society, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Breastcancer.org, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, National Breast Cancer Foundation, and Young Survival Coalition.
Breast cancer is a serious problem that affects women all around the world, but luckily early detection has helped to improve the survival rate, and there are many ways you can help.
Part 1 A girl who had an addiction to opioids struggled to get better even after getting professional help, she always seemed to go back to her old ways. “When I couldn’t get them, that’s when I discovered withdrawals,” she says. “I was like, I feel like I’m gonna die (without it).” She would go to get help and always attracted the wrong people, and that caused her to relapse over and over again. She went through many traumatic deaths that lead up to the struggles she faced with overcoming her addiction. A girl decided to come to the states to seek help, and for what she wanted it to be a fresh start. “It seemed like when I didn’t take them, the pain was way worse than before I’d started taking them. I started taking more and more and more.” While she was there she got the help that she needed and was able to stay sober, but only for a short amount of time. After a little bit of being sober she kept running into people who either did drugs, or sold drugs. That would always lead to her relapse. Time and time again she meet another boy that was addicted to all sorts of drugs, and they would start dating. Not long after they were dating they would all die from an overdose. This put large amounts of sadness, and pressure onto her. She wouldn't be able to take it and would get addicted again. After she started focusing on herself and found an organization that was good for her, she was able to recover from her addiction. During 2022 there was 108,000 substance related deaths. That's a ton of people that alone died from it. There was even a waitlist to get substance abuse help for incarcerated people. I think there should be more places or ways to get help so they can recover faster, and feel better and live a better overall life. If they were to get out before they were off the waitlist then chances are that they would go back to their old ways. “Making treatment more accessible is important not only for those struggling with substance-use disorder but for public safety as well,” In a single county their was 43 opioid related deaths, and 125 substance related deaths all in the same year. Either people aren't reaching out for the help, or they don't know where to start.
Part 2 If they don't know how to reach out or who to trust then it could get difficult for them to get better. In most cases people can't get better on their own and need a helping hand like everyone else does once in a while. They are people too and sometimes people could turn to substance as a way to stop their mind from thinking, making them have a sensation of feeling better. In the long run that doesn't actually help you and the feelings and thoughts will all come back. In california during 2023 their were 7500 drug related deaths and 6000 people hospitalized due to the use of substances. Those numbers are extremely high even for one of the more populated states. That shows even more that people just might need help reaching out. There are many ways to recover from using substances but ill share a few. My first one is there is a substance navigator that can link your location to a bunch of resources around you, so you can get help locally. There are many programs aimed towards people who struggle with substance abuse, overdose, and criminal charge. Those would be great options to get you on your road to success. One of those places helped almost 36,000 people! That sounds like magic to me and most likely for people struggling too. A ton of places have long term support too so you can make sure that you won't ever go back to your old ways and live happily and sober for the rest of your life. "We will be starting a new project here in the ER for people struggling with alcohol use,"
My last thing that I strongly think would help is if companies had more money to afford to be able to give people the resources they need. If they had that then I think places would be able to support many more people. I think that it's really important to just even be there for people and support them while their trying to get better because them trying is so much better than them continuing getting wound up with it. There are many ways to get help and if anybody is ever struggling with substance abuse. its best to help them get help, because it's hard for them to realize how bad their actions are until it's to late.
Homelessness Problem Picture this, You are living in the streets of America and you don’t have money. “There's so much energy required just to survive," says a man named Keith who has been homeless for over a decade. Keith took jobs as a sewer drain cleaner, and even a drug dealer just to make money. It’s a hard time being homeless.
Homelessness Statistics All throughout the world there are homeless people. It’s the real hard truth about the world. In fact, there are 650,000 homeless people in America alone. That’s 0.19% of America. That doesn’t seem like a lot until you realize how many people live in America, 336 million people. Homelessness is a bad thing no matter how you put it or look at it. Although, almost every country in the world is trying to help solve homelessness. All over the world, there are programs and foundations that are raising money to help homeless people. In America, we have raised 3.5 billion dollars towards homeless shelters to help out homeless people.
Foundations and Programs All over the world, there are programs and foundations that are raising money to help homeless people. In America, we have raised 3.5 billion dollars towards homeless shelters to help out homeless people. Giving money isn’t the only way to help homeless people. There are programs that give free stuff to homeless people. In Knoxville, Tennessee, there is a program called CareCuts that gives homeless people free haircuts and hair-washing equipment that they need. More programs outside of America are donating money to homeless people. In the UK, Mexico, and Canada, they are setting up foundations to help homeless people with financial health and medical health. In fact, Mexico has been getting donations since 1997, and in Canada, they are getting donations of more than 7,000 Canadian dollars at a time.
Next Steps Being homeless isn’t fun, so we need some ways to fix it. All throughout America, old and abandoned hotels and apartments are being renovated into homeless shelters. This gives homeless people more places to live and stay off the streets. There is also a group foundation in America. By that I mean, it is a bunch of different groups donating money to build tiny home villages for the homeless. This could change the way homeless people live forever.
Homelessness programs help homeless people around the world. People all around the world donate money to the program and the program will give people money and train/bus tickets to the people in need.
The county of oregon funds a number of programs specifically aiming towards family homelessness. Homeless program buildings are usually old apartment buildings but, these apartment buildings serve a big purpose. These old apartment buildings that are now a homeless shelters hold a bunch of homeless people and they use funds from their website to feed and clothe them. These homeless shelters are located all around the world mostly in big cities like chicago or las vegas. These homeless programs say that before covid hit, There was less homeless people than today. “Mayor London Breeds, Mayor of San Francisco, Made a promise for providing a bed and shelter and if they don't want it they give them a ticket for a bus to move to a different place.”
If you are homeless or close to being homeless don't be afraid to go ask for help from a family member or a friend.
In 2013, a girl named Ella Roberta died at the tragic age of nine due to air pollution. Some of the main things that contributed to her death in the pollution were car gases and asthma. This is a major reason why we need to keep the air and water clean.
How Pollution can Affect the Human Body
Pollution is very bad for human health and body. An example would be cancer. Although lung cancer is the most common type of cancer caused from pollution, studies have shown that it can also effect head and neck cancer. Professor Dr, John Cramer states “Head and neck is actually very similar to lung cancer,” Cramer said. “These are cancers that typically occur in the lining of the mouth, the throat, or the voice box.” Not only cancer, but it can lead to many different types of illnesses and diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity, systemic inflammation, alzheimer's disease, and dementia. The main things in the pollution that cause these types of things are smoking, car exhaust, and industrial emissions. Even if you don’t catch a disease, it will still affect your body significantly by getting to every organ in your body and worsening your body's health.
Children are much more affected by this because their bodies are still growing and so it is much easier for them to get sick. Because of things like that, 50% of children's deaths are caused by water pollution.
How Pollution can Affect the Environment
Not only can pollution affect our bodies, but it can significantly affect the environment. 80% of diseases come from water, which means that the water we are drinking is likely not good for us and is giving us a variety of sicknesses and diseases. Speaking of people drinking unhealthy water, more than 80% of human sewage is drunk without being filtered properly the way it is meant to. That means that the water we are drinking is dirty and it gives us those diseases. If we look at bodies of water in the world, many of them don’t meet the health expectations that they are supposed to because of the pollution in the water.
But how does the pollution get in the water? Agriculture has more to do with pollution than you might think. Things like pesticides, nitrogen fertilizers, and organic farm waste are huge factors to what i’m talking about. Another big contributor is random particles in the water, which means only about 29% of surface water is healthy to drink. Even though it may seem like that would only affect the humans, it significantly affects the animals as well.
How to Stay Healthy From Pollution
You may have been unaware of those facts and are now worried for your health, but not to worry, there are ways to keep healthy and make sure the air and water around you is healthy. You may not be able to do much worldwide, but there are a few things that will help your air quality around you. Some of the most simple things that you can do may include staying indoors, air conditioning, air cleaners, avoid lots of outdoor activities, and lastly, don’t put things like smoke into the air by doing things like smoking/vaping. These things will not only help the earth stay clean and make a bit of a difference, it will also help your health as a person. Things like air purifiers or air conditioners help make sure that the air around you that you are breathing in your home is healthy and not full of smoke and particles. Avoiding outdoor activities that may take longer than 1 hour are a good start. Staying outside long in unhealthy air is really hard on your lungs and can have significant repercussions. A decrease in smoking and vaping is obviously a large factor not only for your health, but for the air.
Hopefully you are now more aware and cautious of what is going into the environment and your body. Hopefully you also now know how to take better care of the air and water around you.
Katie picked up her phone and saw the hospital calling telling her that her 17 year old daughter was in the hospital’s Emergency room. Brittany was driving under the influence of xanax. This was when Kaite realized her daughter was abusing drugs. A year later they found out Brittany was addicted to heroin. Brittany was constantly in jail, living in a drug house, or homeless. She had overdosed three times. Her addiction had made her lie to her friends and steal from her family. This story is one of many. Drug abuse and addiction is a common thing to happen. Rats on Cocaine Experiment
During a study, 30 rats were given the opportunity to intake small doses of cocaine. Each dose had small amounts of bitter tasting quinine, which is safe for rats and often found in tonic water. The pairing of these two things are meant to show the positive and negative effects of drugs. Their goal was to see if the bitter taste of the drugs would affect if the rats would still want it. There were three main things that happened with the rats The first group had a strong negative reaction and stopped consuming the drug entirely. This mimics people who try a drug have a bad reaction and then avoid it. The second group slowly increased the amount of the cocaine they consumed which showed the bitter taste was not enough to stop them. The third group started with large amounts of cocaine and slowly leveled out the amount they took. In an interview with Sanjana Gajbhiye drug expert Dr. Moschak said “The third group surprised us. They seemed to have over-indulged and the combination of too much cocaine and too much aversive stimulus took over.” In an interview with Sanjana Gajbhiye drug expert Dr. Robert Kirken said “This is a fascinating study with great potential to help us better understand and address drug abuse in people. with further study, this research could lead to better ways to prevent and treat addiction.”
Drug statistics In 2023 3.1% of people (8.9 million) misused opioids in the past year. In 2023 people age 12 or older who were classified as needing substance use treatment in the past year, about 1 in 4 (23.6% or 12.8 million people) received substance use treatment in the past year. In 2022, DeSoto County had the second-highest numbers of overdose deaths in Mississippi, while nearby Shelby County saw the highest numbers of overdose deaths in Tennessee that year. What drugs can do to you People may not notice that their addiction may have become a problem. Impacts on the brain can be things like not finding joy in anything that isn’t involving the drug. The prefrontal cortex is the last part of the brain to develop It helps with planning judgment and impulse control, making drugs a worse for kids by making it hard to have self-control and decision making. On december 4th Oxford treatment center opened its new outpatient facility in southaven with a ribbon cutting ceremony. It has treatment services like medical detox and inpatient rehab to outpatient treatment and sober living. Oxford treatment center had served more than 11,000pations over the years. In 2022, DeSoto County had the second-highest numbers of overdose deaths in Mississippi, while nearby Shelby County saw the highest numbers of overdose deaths in Tennessee that year. In an interview with Amanda Lautieri, Paige Havens Executive Director at Oxford Treatment Center said “Now, more than ever, individuals need access to addiction treatment, especially as overdose deaths remain way too high in our community, We are honored to extend our services to more people in need of life-saving care. We’ve been a community staple in Mississippi for more than a decade now. We know addiction is a treatable disease, and we want this community to know they have a trusted provider close to home.” What should you do? You could take action and avoid drugs. If someone you know is abusing drugs tell them about the dangers and persuade them to get help. There are different kinds of help you can get and it will look different depending on who it is. Getting help is not something to be ashamed of it’s good to get help if you need it. Look out for signs of drug abuse in your loved ones, drugs are a very dangerous thing to get caught up in so stay safe.
In the article by Wired, a girl in 2010 three months before her 7th birthday Ella Roberta developed a chest infection and a bad cough. Her mother brought her to the hospital where she was diagnosed with asthma. Ella’s mother Kissi-Debrah says “She had one of the worst cases of asthma ever recorded” In the following months, she got worse and she began suffering from coughing syncope. Ella was admitted into the hospital about 30 times in the next three years. On February 15, 2013, Ella suffered a fatal asthma attack..
Sulfur Dioxide Risks
There are lots of different kinds of air pollutants. But a common air pollutant is Sulfur Dioxide. Sulfur is a reactive air pollutant with a strong odor. Sulfur can be a threat to human health, animal health, and plant life. It is made from fossil fuel combustion and natural volcanic activity. Sulfur can irritate the skin, and mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs. High concentrations of Sulfur can affect lung function, can worsen asthma attacks, and worsen existing heart disease. The people who are at risk are people with any diseases, especially lung diseases, children, older adults, and people who are active with things like running. Symptoms of Sulfur include pain when taking a breath, coughing, sore throat, or throat irritation, and breathing problems. Sulfur Dioxide is most commonly found in a volcanic spot, where there are active volcanoes.
Exposure to Air Pollution and Sources
Exposure to high levels of air pollution can cause various health problems. Many increased health risks are heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. Most sources of air pollution come from fuels from cars, or other vehicles. Also household items like ovens, lighting and heating, agricultural things, and waste burning, which is used for recycling. There is a particle that is called particulate matter, which is particles in the air, including, dust, dirt, soot, and liquid droplets. These particles can be inhaled and can damage the respiratory system. The small size of these particles is called ‘fine’ particles. They can lodge themselves deep inside your lungs and break into your bloodstream. Currently, 600,000 children die every year from air pollution. Solutions Here are some ways people can do to help stop air pollution. Having sustainable ways for transport in cities. Stopping waste burning for ways of recycling. Providing access to clean household fuels for ovens or other fueled household items. Before moving to a city you could check to see air pollution levels.
Right now, air pollution is growing and spreading and it's becoming worse for health.
In the winter of 2021, Jane sat in a courtroom listening as the lawyers retold the night of her son’s death. Sadly, Jane is not the only one who has experienced a crime.
Crime
But what exactly is a crime? A crime is an illegal action you make. Crimes can range from all different types like arson, murder, theft, robbery, homicides, shootings, and credit card fraud. People like the police department work to make sure the crime rate decreases, hoping to eventually have a safe environment for residents.
Hotspots for Crime
Many crimes happen everywhere in the US. But some cities have the worst rate. In Detroit, they have recorded 252 homicides and 804 nonfatal shootings. In some areas of Detroit, it was a hotspot for homicides and shootings. Areas that are not a part of the CVI (Community Violence Intervention) saw a reduction in homicides and shootings by 35%. But just like Detroit, many other cities have a high rate of crime. In Wisconsin, Milwaukee has seen a total of 11,023 crimes throughout 2022 including homicides, robbery, theft, and arson.
Consequences and charges
These crimes don’t go unnoticed though, many crimes have charges or fines the person has to pay for committing a crime. A fine for shoplifting includes $100, but if the ticket is under $100, the crime will not be charged. Sometimes, a crime that was committed might result in jail time. If you commit gun violence, you will see at least five years up to life imprisonment. But there may be easier solutions to fixing mistakes.
Crime prevention programs
Each crime prevention program has a different way of solving the problem. The CVP, or the Cure Violence program, uses public health methods to prevent and interrupt violent behavior. The CVP has helped to make cities a safer place for people to live in. The program has intervened in 18 incidents, including 5 gun violence incidents. But that's not the only method. The Fairfax county police department launched their 2024 Summer Crime Prevention Initiative. The program “focuses on reducing crime through strategic prevention and focused enforcement.” According to the Fairfax police department.
Crime rates skyrocketed between the 1970s to the early 1990s. But even though those years seemed to be the worst, a change was made. People had reporting systems being made so that police were being sent out as the crime was happening. Crime prevention was gaining popularity as crimes continued. But by the end of 1990, crime began to decrease. And even though towns and cities were safer, crime never truly stopped. If you ever happen to witness a crime, make sure to report it immediately.
Picture this a teen girl wasted half of her day by scrolling through social media instead of doing her school work. Millions of teens are like this.
Social media is causing teens to have mental health issues. According to Psychiatry.org, “Mental Health is an illness a diagnosable mental disorder which the health conditions for that are significant changes of thinking, emotional or behavior.”
In an interview with a teen on CBS, had spoken about how she used to be bullied online because of the way she looked and she started to change the way she looked on social media.
Another with a teen on ABC news, a teen talked about balancing from school work and social media. The teens sleeping schedule was off because of her having to stay up and work on her work.
To help teens with mental health, mental health clinics need to be free for teens. According to Nami, “Residential programs can be expensive, and frequently are not covered by private insurance or Medicaid.”
Parents should put parental control on their teens cellular device and should have access to their social media to prevent to over using their apps. Teens that over scroll can cause them to have a mental health issue.This is the reason why teens should get free health care
How it starts Picture this, your a young boy just waking up from you sleep, but you feel thirsty, so your mother or father comes with a cup of water, but the cup of water looks somewhat black, but you don't put any mind to it and drink it, and a few days later you lying ill in the bed, this is what’s happening to several people, in the whole globe 3 billion people don't have access to clean water, and so they get diseases and they become sickend.
People dieing because of water pollution You may be surprised of how many people have died from water pollution, According to a article called “ What are the effects of water pollution on human health “ from a expert, she said “ it is said that over 872,000 children under the age of 5 have died from water pollution”, Because some causes of water pollution are, Human waste, antiquated infrastructure, Industrial process, Agriculture run-off , Contaminated waste,And many more.
How polluted water is made Causes by polluted waters can be different from others; let's take industrial process polluted water and agricultural runoff process they both produce bacteria but different infections or diseases, so some polluted waters can cause cancer in lungs and skin, it can also cause hair loss, as well as irritation, and high levels of blood stream. A very radioactive substence According to a expert named Deena Robinson, in Japan in April of 2021, the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant was thrown into the sea. Which is super radioactive, Claiming that they were monertairing the waters ensuring no radioactive material got into the water that we drink, but still the seas are filled with the radioactive material. Oil is also a big problem in water pollution, because when countries or states are looking for oil( Under water ), they will make holes for the pump and that makes the oil leaks out and goes into the water, and contaminating the water. Why filters arent very affective There are some steps you can take to help you body not get sick by contaminated water you may be thinking to buying a filters, but filters don't really help if you water level of contamination is high it will only take a bit of the bacteria off the water which still when you drink it, it will may cause sickness still. Rush to a doctor if you feel these symptoms When you feel some sicknesses of the symptoms like diarrhea are even some symptoms of like hair loss or skin irritation or even your skin going yellow, your skin getting hurt easily, i recommend you to consult a doctor because these symptoms are some of polluted water, some even being contaminated with oil or lead, this may be leading straight to your death if not treated immediately, because if the water is really contaminated you will get cancer, and some specialist have said that you can die because of contaminated water. Why microplastics are Dangerous
What can you do to help stop spreading diseases from polluted water you may ask well first you can recycle plastic water bottles, because these contain microplastics, some even contain millions, and when microplastics are consumed they can cause the following effects: Nausea,vomiting, abdominal pain and in some severe cases can lead to a stroke What to do if you want to help stop contaminating the seas Here are some ways you can stop water pollution, Reduce your plastic consumption and reuse or recycle plastic. Properly dispose of chemical cleaners and oils.Use phosphate-free detergents (phosphates lead to algae blooms and kill fish and other aquatic animals by reducing the oxygen in the water. ) Dispose of medical stuff properly.
Social media and the mental health effects it has A high schooler is going to quit school because social media it was affecting her so much it made her depressed and she doesn't want to be at school. This could happen to you if you aren't careful with social media and how much time you are spending on it. How young users affected by social media Some young social media users get a variety of things that could happen the most common is anxiety, anxiousness and hard to have strong relationships with people. The other thing that could happen is they start letting the social media affect how they eat and what they what others are affected by sleep texting, where kids text well they sleep texting embarrassing messages or gibberish. How to tell if they have problems with mental health
If you are worried if your kid or friend is having mental health problems these are the signs to look out for. If your friend or kid gets distant or isolating themselves, always seeing what people have to say about them, their grades dropping then having to spend every waking moment or too much time or social media. Then they change themselves because social media told them to. News 8 WROC interviewed a specialist in mental health, she said ‘ Elementary and high school are the first generation to have their entire social life affected by social media and it is affecting how they perceive themselves.’ How to help To try to help your child or friend from getting stuck in the social media traps. First is to limit their time on social media by downloading a parental control apps, like Family Link to limit their time on social media. Or hangout with them more invite them to sport games or just get together to help them feel more wanted. To help them get themselves back with other effects like sleep texting you will have to take a different approach if your a sleep texting you will have to wear mittens when you go to bed this is what you can do to help. This really affects kids lives If social media didn't affect kids this would not be a problem because this is affecting kids life hurting their future with mental health and something needs to be done about this serious issue.
Exotic animals and reasons there going extinct. For some background information exotic animals are animals that are hard to find or rare. Extinct for example means when a animal breed is dying to the point where there is not going to be any of that animal left in a couple of years/decades. Bystanders first became aware of extinct in exotic animals in 1796. One reason why their going extinct is that people are illegally selling exotic animals for money. Then the sellers are telling the buyers misleading information about the exotic animals. Which is causing the animals to have the wrong diets which cause them to die. According to ifaw “The world’s most endangered animals include about 4,000 critically endangered species that face threats so severe they’re close to becoming extinct.” Most exotic animals die from habitat loss and poaching.
Picture this… you were only 17, and you were 342 lbs. You couldn’t go have fun with your friends because you felt humiliated about your size. Well that is the story of Mariana Castrillon, who had a BMI of over 56 by the age of 17.
Health Risks of Obesity
You may be shocked to find out that most of the heart diseases, diabetes, cancers, hypertensions, heart attacks, and heart failure cases are all be from severe/class 3 obesity. In 2022, the world health organization reported that about 890 million adults and 160 million adolescents are all obese worldwide. Another research dated in 2023 uncovered that 18,000 participants found that being overweight/severely obese has horrifically increased their risks of death from 22% to 91%. Imagine if someone you know was this severely obese that they increased their risks of death about 69%. Another research revealed that 9.2% of adults have obesity. This is around 22 million americans.
Causes of Obesity
Economy in developing countries increases the chances of obesity due to people having more access to food and having less physical movement. People that live in rural areas tend to be self reliant on their own for food. This means that they get better nutritional meals with a low fat percentage. People in urban areas tend to rely on external sources like grocery stores. This means their meals tend to have higher fat percentage making urban areas have higher chances of being obese. Genetics come into play when talking about the causes of obesity. An example of genetics affecting people is the pima indians. All of the generations of the pima indians suffer from obesity and diabetes.
Definition of Obesity
Obesity can be defined as a bmi of 40 and over, or a bmi of 35 with 1 medical issue that correlates with obesity. If you were wondering what “BMI” meant, it means “Body Mass Index”. One last definition of obesity is “Abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in adipose tissue , to the extent where health may be impaired”.
Solutions for Obesity
Although you may think obesity can’t be helped, there are multiple ways to get better health. One way to help obesity is to have a bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery is a procedure that reduces the calorie intake/food capacity for severely obese people. Bariatric surgery can also greatly improve the chances of not having a heart attack As many weight loss medications are known, wegoby is one of the most well known. Professionals say that anyone on wegoby that needs it can lose up to 10% of their body weight; to lose up to 10% of your body weight on wegoby, you need to have a good diet and get good physical exercise. Another solution is a medicine called GLP-1. GLP-1 can greatly improve cardiovascular health, and ultimately make someone with severe obesity healthier. The last solution is for adolescents. Adolescents that have the components to be in a obesity program for teens and adolescents can be helped by professionals that specialize in weight loss. Mariana, that was mentioned a the start, had lost 10 pounds and was able to get a gastric sleeve surgery (Weight loss). “Research shows that bariatric surgery helps teenagers lower their BMI and reverse or significantly reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. By reducing the risk of obesity-related disorders earlier in life, surgical treatment can help prevent illness in teens and lead to better health as adults,” says Dr. Tashiro, who performs weight loss surgery for teens that qualify within the system.
Bystanders started to be more aware of animal abuse after Reba the bulldog died because the owner had stuck her in a plastic container, taped it shut, and dumped her in 110 degree weather. Reba was retrieved on July 26th then taken to the hospital and was being treated but died two days later due to the heat stroke. Many people have been supporting her death and there was a campaign to raise awareness about animal abuse and the effects. The owner who had done this to Reba has not been found, however there are two suspects. Many people don’t think about the effects that animal abuse has on other things and only think about the effects on the animal. Of course it’s good to think about the animals but it has many more impacts than just the animals harmed.
What animal abuse looks like Animals being used for products is not abuse but it's how they are treated, like when a cow is being used for milk the cow should have room to roam and play instead of being inside all day everyday. The cow should have plenty of nutritious meals and access to water but underfeeding the cow or not letting the cow have water is abuse. Animal abuse also includes hitting, kicking, throwing, and yelling aggressively at the animal.
Mental Health effects There are many effects of seeing animal abuse happen, an example is becoming more aggressive towards other people. There are many studies on the effects of animal abuse on humans, there are numerous effects that can come up and a few are anti-social behavior, aggressive behavior, disorders, and trauma. Some factories have children working with animals so they witness it and they have a bigger reaction sometimes having nightmares or being scared of the animals.
Reporting There have been cases where animal abuse is out in the open but nobody reports it so it never gets taken care of. If you see an animal being abused or neglected report it to authorities and try to help the animal if you know the abuser personally and help take care of the animal until the situation is resolved.
Background Checks When someone adopts a dog from a breeder, the breeder doesn't usually run a background check to ensure there have been no cases of animal abuse or neglect. When someone gets an animal abuse case they are most likely ordered to not get an animal again. The breeder should also check for domestic violence cases because they are likely to abuse the animal, unless there was a disorder for a therapy dog or animal.
Teaching Some animal abusers grow up in a household who abused animals or didn't like them. To prevent kids from not liking animals you can teach them to like them or sometimes it's just anger or fear so you can go to zoos or go to places where they have animals and teach them how to handle animals.
Bystanders first became aware of the huge increase of homelessness people when there was homeless people everywhere and it was really hard for everyone that was in that situation. Of being out on the street did you know that 171,521 people are homeless in california that is really bad and there are groups that have shelters and they are running out of room to hold more people in them According to cal matters they are trying to house advocates because its getting to point where it is to much.
Ways that we can prevent homelessness are be kind about because how they got into that situation have conversations with them listen to what they have to say sometimes don’t just ignore them because that is being rude sometimes acknowliding that they are there is nice just ignoring them is inhumane. In conclusion, homelessness requires a lof of attention and action addressing this issue can have positive impact on people and hopefully make them see that there are some people in need of help.
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ReplyDeleteIn a interview with Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. Silvia villarreal MPP lead author of the report director of research translation at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. “We hope this report helps policymakers grasp the scale of this crisis and the possibility of addressing it more effectively with equitable, evidence-based measures including child gun access prevention laws,” says Silvia Villarreal, MPP, lead author of the report and director of research translation at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Background
Since 1990 the fatalities caused by injuries due to firearms in the united states has gone up thousands. Children should not have to worry about going to school and possibly not going home to there familys. Parents should not have to think about their children being a victim of a shooting not just in schools but anywhere they might go. Studies show that firearm violence is the number one cause of death in the world. There were 2,526 gun deaths in 2022 among 1 to 17 year olds, averaging to nearly 7 per day. Firearms accounted for nearly a third of all deaths among 15 to 17 year olds. From 2013 to 2022, the rates of gun suicide among Black youth ages 10 to 17 tripled and, for Hispanic youth ages 10 to 17, more than doubled Black male teens and young adults (ages 15 to 34) accounted for 34 percent of all gun homicides during 2022, though they represented just 2 percent of the total U.S. population. The gun homicide rate for this group was 24 times higher than that for white males in this age group. Over half of deaths among Black older teens ages 15 to 17 in 2022 were caused by guns. In 2022, the gun homicide rate among Black female teens and young adults ages 15–34 was nine times higher than that of the white female. Across all age groups, American Indian/Alaskan Natives were five times more likely to die by gun homicide than their white counterparts.
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Sensible gun laws, Reduce easy access to dangerous weapons. I think that they should fix gun laws and make then more sensible and reduce access to dangerous weapons i feel that, that would help with a lot of the gun violence.
Conclusion
Children should not have to worry about going to school and possibly not going home to there familys. Parents should not have to think about their children being a victim up a shooting not just in schools but anywhere they might go. Studies show that firearm violence is the number one cause of death in the world. “We hope this report helps policymakers grasp the scale of this crisis and the possibility of addressing it more effectively with equitable, evidence-based measures including child gun access prevention laws,” says Silvia Villarreal, MPP, lead author of the report and director of research translation at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
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DeleteNuclear energy is kind of a love/hate thing. as people think it's terrible for the environment nd the high risk high reward situation.
ReplyDeleteAs power plants needed to run in just one specific way so meltdown and disasters don't happen like chernobyl and fukushima.
But really nobody has to worry about them because if they run properly nothing should happen.
And with nuclear energy supplying enough needs for humanity then clean energy alone.
Most areas around the world have developed power plants in north america, asia, and europe.
Less Likely in areas like south america and africa.
And also speaking that nuclear plants work in any weather condition so there superior to clean energy alone.
As bill gates said ¨ that if we are able to expand access to affordable and clean electricity, it would drastically improve living conditions for millions and would ultimately be a huge step in lifting those people out of poverty. Gates has done more than just write about the benefits of nuclear energy.¨ -Bill Gates. Former CEO of microsoft.¨
So the solution of our energy is to use both nuclear energy and clean energy at the same area so we can use maximum efficacy.
To gain as much power efficiency so we can supply power to our cities and country.
People that agree with nuclear power.
¨ that if we are able to expand access to affordable and clean electricity, it would drastically improve living conditions for millions and would ultimately be a huge step in lifting those people out of poverty. Gates has done more than just write about the benefits of nuclear energy.¨ -Bill Gates. Former CEO of microsoft.¨
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DeleteVaping is a huge problem no doubt about that, here is some evidence that it is, a interview with Barbra a vaping specialist states, “Vapes can contain over 225 chemicals known to harm human health.“ some of the major effects are, lung scarring, organ damage, and even organ explosions. These are not common but they are deadly and definitely something to worry about. more info about vaping:
ReplyDeleteThey don’t know if vapes exactly lead to cancer, and even though they do not have tobacco in them the chemicals can cause sickness. A report on over 800 studies conducted in 2018 by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine found that there are potentially toxic substances in e-cigarettes and that these can be given off while vaping. Nicotine has a severe effect on the brain as it triggers the dopenen in the brain which makes you happy. Normally the kids that vape. aren’t really happy in life this makes it really addictive.
These addictions can be fixed with,
restricting access, so these kids and teens cant get a hold of them. This idea is very important right now because there is so many stores that will just sell vapes to kids just so they can get money. This idea will change a lot.
Raising prices so it’s harder for everyone to get a hold of them and makes them less tempting. Raising prices would be great because they are already $20-$40 dollars each so increasing price to like $60 or more will make not only kids not get them but the adults may stop too.
Limiting the amount in the stores so they are harder to find. This one might take a bit too do because people aren’t going to be very happy about it, but it will make a difference.
Conducting media campaigns meaning that we should have more health concern ads. With more of these ads it will hopefully make kids look at vaping differently then they do now.
Less vaping advertising on platforms, providing quit smoking programs so people can get help when they need it. This will really help with little kids getting vapes because nowadays there is kids on facebook, snapchat, and twitter.
All of these ideas may end vaping, and change the world. Vaping is a massive problem and the more we can shorten the percent of people vaping the better. It kills so much of the population, and ruins people's lives. someday it will be better if we all work together.
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Delete“I come before you to ask for your help. My brother and I, both in our mid-seventies, have been housemates for decades. Right now, we are homeless. A second bout of long covid has left us unable to work, and we were evicted from our apartment in Gloucester, MA in September 2024. Since then, we’ve been staying with relatives and friends, while trying to qualify for subsidized housing.” I turns out that this story is one of many people struggling with homeless.
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According to Arlington Life Shelter 68% of u.s cities report that addiction is their biggest cause of homelessness most common is drug, alcohol, and gamblin this just one of the ways people become homeless, 50% of women and children are fleeing domestic violence and once the level they have no money or any form of in com or a place to live You might wonder if others have had this experience yes a lot of people around the world are struggling with this problem but thar are more was that i found that make people homeless one other way people can't keep affording the living area is because of job loss this is comin if the company is making cuts or shutting down and if they got fired or cut that don't have a source of income anymore Problems with homelessness
Thar is not enough room in shelters
Thar are too many strict rolls to follow
The police are cracking down on campers and making them leave
They need to make homeless shelters have mental health programs and help with adishinse. Ann olivia said that we will inspire Faith and hope that we can stop homelessness.
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ReplyDeleteOften, people that swim in bodies of water; like oceans, find plastic in the water. A sailor went sailing on his boat when he came across a big submerged pile of plastic. “It was crazy. We said ‘there’s something in the water’. It would’ve been a huge problem if we hit it!”
“To see wildlife in its natural habitat, playing with something that shouldn’t be there, its heartbreaking” said Caffari, a leader for the Volvo Ocean Race. Over the course of 10 years more marine life animals and plants have been dying faster and younger. Due to all the chemicals and microplastics in the ocean, the marine life cannot live peacefully without running into microplastics and eating them, not knowing its harming them. Over 100 million marine animals die each year from plastics in the ocean. Today, there are about 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and other waste in the oceans. One of the most affected animals from ocean pollution is sea turtles. Sea turtles constantly get injured from plastics floating in the oceans, the curious animals can get stuck in very tiny round pieces of tight plastics, and die. When animals consume microplastics, the microscopic pieces make their way into the animal's flesh, becoming apart of them. People all over the world eat fish, when people often eat fish they don't think about that there might be microplastics in their fish meat. There are currently more than 358 trillion microplastics sitting in the oceans across the world. When humans consume microplastics, it doesn't affect them until they eat a large amount. Consuming microplastics can trigger an immune response in your body. These microplastics can be very toxic to marine life and humans in a lot of ways.
People everywhere could be polluting and contributing to ocean pollution without even realizing it. Most don't believe they are contributing to ocean pollution if they are putting or throwing a plastic piece into the ocean. Overtime plastic can build up and form a very toxic environment in the seas. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is known worldwide for the large amount of plastic it has in one big garbage area. There are a mixture of chemicals, plastics, microplastics, and marine debris scattered in that particular area. People often don't think about how overtime this garbage patch can be very harmful to the environment. Infact, a lot of people do pollute things into the ocean, not knowing it might end up in the GPGP (Great Pacific Garbage Patch) Scientists of the Ocean Cleanup are currently trying to find solution on how to fix this big garbage patch in the pacific. They are a huge number or chemicals laying in the garbage patch and most are very harmful to every living thing. You could be drinking a can of soda and throw it into the ocean not thinking it’s going to be a problem.
Almost every pollution garbage patch in the oceans are extremely toxic. Although, the most toxic thing currently laying in most oceans are microplastics. Consuming microplastics can cause you a great number of risks to your health. Some commonly eaten marine animals have microplastics in them, when you eat them the plastics are digested into your body. Some risks you may be taking eating sea life animals are: DNA damage, oxidative damage, gene damage, and the most risky, Cancer development. While you may be eating sea life animals with microplastics, there's also times when you aren't. It is common to digest them but that doesn't mean every marine animal has microplastics currently sitting in their systems..
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ReplyDeleteScientists across the world are currently doing all they can for helping with ocean pollution. One major thing they are doing is analysing water samples to figure out what kinds of plastic lurk in the ocean. They are getting answers for what kind of contaminants are in the water. Experts everywhere are extremely determined to give all the help they can. Scientists have been experimenting with water samples, and trying to figure out ways to improve the water quality and levels. One other major thing they are currently trying to do is reduce plastic in many different countries. They have done their best to encourage people to recycle plastic and other contaminants safely so it doesn't end up floating in the ocean, damaging it.
Many people have been taking a part in helping to save the oceans. Tiza Mafira is a lawyer and a director of the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement. The IPBDM is a movement to help stop the use of plastic bags. Mafira launched a petition in 2015 demanding store owners and retailers to not give out plastic bags. A year later plastic bag charges were introduced to the country. People who wanted to use bags made of plastic had to pay around 55 Cents per bag. “I’m optimistic because progress has already been made and cautious because the more imminent change appears to be, the more interest groups attempt to strike it down,” says Mafira. Another person persistent to make a change for the better for the oceans is, Lawyer Afroz Shah he is best known for his cleanup along beaches. Almost every week he is determined to clean up a beach, many people volunteer to help him make beaches better and less dirty. “The problem is not with plastic,” Shah says, “The problem is our empathy towards plastic or how we handle plastic.” In the year 2016 he was awarded as the United Nations Champion for the Earth. He is determined to make a difference. Even if you don't do a huge organization like these people, experts say it's okay to just recycle.
Today, ocean pollution is one of the main problems why animals are dying and other living things. It is necessary to have marine life and bodies of clean water like oceans. People worldwide are disappointed of how oceans have changed for the worse over the decades. “It is the worst of times but it is the best of times, because we still have a chance”, says Sylvia Earle. The world can still change for the better many experts say.
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DeleteI saw newscasts on every channel warning that electric vehicles may catch fire from the saltwater and the batteries. Problems Can be pricy to put in chargers. Fast chargers can cost $100,000
ReplyDeletethey might have to change the electricity way to get enough electricity to all chargers.
Some chargers can only be used for certain cars
Although the towing weight is higher than gas engines the range gets cut down a lot so gas enines might be better for towing for a while.
Electric cars have been known to ignite randomly which can be really dangerous and can leave people stranded having to call someone to pick them up, and losing a 76,000 dollar car.
There are not enough technicians to fix all the chargers when they break or go down.
What they are trying to fix
They are trying to fix the ranges for trucks and other suvs because they have done multiple tests showing that when towing the ranges on the trucks went down a significant amount so they are trying to fix it so that you can tow things and not have to charge as frequently. The comfort of them because electric cars they are trying to make them more comfortable because they want it to be luxury. Their batteries to keep a longer charge because some of the batteries dont last for too long especially if you dont take care of the batteries the battery life can go down quicker and they are trying to make them last longer. Getting more chargers for them because the electric car world is still young and they are having big problems with there not being enough chargers or having the chargers spread way far out causing some people to get stranded because they can’t get to the charger station.
They need to get more workers to fix the chargers because too many are breaking and there is not enough people to fix them because lots of them break every month and it is important to keep all of them up and good for people who need to charge. In total the ev world is smoothly getting better and looking like a good future for the world and the hybrids will hopefully still be manufactured giving people a option to still get a combustion engine
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Delete"When I asked him to explain his comments, he didn’t have any basis for this concern except that I was a woman and that driving a bus was, in his eyes, ‘man’s work’. He insisted I’d have to stay on the lower training wage until I’d proven myself."
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Expert Dr.Do Kandola Gender bias expert stated, “Highlights the prevalence of gender stereotypes that often lead to favoritism towards men in aspects such as job roles, seniority, and pay. Research shows that 76% of implicit biases associate women with nurturing traits, while men are associated with competence traits like strategic thinking and decisiveness, which are highly valued in business environments.”
Gender discrimination happens when a man or woman gets treated differently because of their gender. Gender discrimination mainly happens to women but can happen to men. Some forms of gender discrimination are not being hired for a job, not being paid the right amount of money, lower-paying positions, and sometimes being only hired for a certain job. 42% of woman in the U.S. have stated that they have been discriminated against because of their gender. They reported from their experience that they were earning less than a male co-worker doing the same job. Others have also stated that they were passed over for important assignments.
Discrimination against women in the workforce
Women who have more schooling experience more gender discrimination. 57% of women who have experienced gender discrimination are women who have a postgraduate degree, and only 39% of women who didn't complete college experience less gender discrimination. Women of color experience more gender discrimination because they are women and a person of color. They sometimes get paid less than a white person when they are both doing the same job. 66% of people who said they were discriminated against are people of color. Women who show leadership in the workplace get called “aggressive” for demonstrating leadership, but when a man shows leadership they get praised for showing leadership.
Speaking out against gender discrimination
Keeping track of who, what, when, and where and writing it down. Tell your boss or HR and write it in an email for physical proof that you reported it. Reading your employer policies manual. Using the manual looking at the policies about discrimination you can use it to protect your rights. Looking for a number to report discrimination which will most likely be your work HR. There is a complaint procedure and deadlines from when it happened to a couple of months later. NDAs are used to protect an organization's private information. NDAs can’t be used against employers to cover up a report of discrimination or sexual harassment.
In conclusion, gender discrimination is a problem still happening in the workforce all over. People are working to fix the gender discrimination happening in the world. According to experts, it would take 136 years until gender discrimination would be nonexistent. The world is going backward with gender discrimination. The world can get better if we work together.
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DeletePicture this a, 10 year old surviving a school shooting and revealing the last words of their best friend. The Robb Elementary School in Texas had a mass shooting. On May 24, 2022, 21 lives were tragically lost, some even died as heroes trying to save their class from getting shot.
ReplyDeleteIHME states that the U.S is ranked 7th out of 65 for homicides by firearms. Firearm homicide among high income countries, in 2021 the United States of America is 4.5. Rates in the U.S are 19 times greater than they are in France, and 77 times greater than they are in Germany.
Abc Eyewitness News announced that in Illinois on the southside of Chicago, a male victim was shot many times. Then the victim was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead. In that shooting 14 citizens were shot, 4 fatally, a tragic weekend of gun violence across Chicago.
Wisconsin Legislative Council states, Under Wisconsin law, a person under age or 18 is generally prohibited from possessing or going armed with a firearm, also subject to certain exceptions. As discussed, a person must be 21 years of age or older to be eligible for a state license to carry a concealed weapon. If a person has been convicted of a felony in this state, the person has been convicted of a crime elsewhere that would be a felony if committed in this state, the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, and the person has been a fugitive of justice.
Think of our future, firearm regulations keep us safe.
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ReplyDeleteHave you ever thought that genetically modifying living things is only fictional? Well, I’m here to tell you that it's not just scifi, it is real life! …But it may not be as great as we imagined.
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are plants or animals that have had their DNA modified before they became a fetus.
Animals are Modified for Science
At a hidden farm for research there were around 300 pigs just for research. All of the piglets there, are clones. These pigs are kept in a clean environment so there will be no germs or harmful bacteria affecting them. These specific pigs are modified just enough to where their organs are close enough to human organs, to where those organs can be transplanted into humans; They are doing this because there is a shortage of transplantable organs. Some people think this is immoral because raising animals for organs is wrong, but then again, we do that all the time for almost every meal we eat.
Plants and Crops
Most GMOs are plants. Plants and crops get their DNA changed so there's more, they can lower the prices of food, enhanced nutrients, resistance to pests and disease, greater food security, and medical benefits to the world's growing population.
People think that GMOs are bad for your health, and they're right!
According to the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM), there are no human clinical trials of GMO foods, but those done with animals indicate serious health risks linked to GMOs. These include: Infertility, Immune problems, Accelerated aging, Faulty insulin regulations, and Changes to major organs and the gastrointestinal system. Genetic engineering is even worse on humans because we do not have the technology for it.
Solutions
To avoid GMOs in your food, it might be hard but there are ways you can avoid it. You could look for food labeled “Non GMO” or “GMO-free.” Buy organic foods! Most foods that are 100% organic will be labeled. You can also just buy whole foods and make them yourself because then you know what's in it. These are some wonderfully easy ways you can avoid Genetically Modified Organisms in your food.
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DeletePatriots were fined 1 million for deflating the ball a little so it was easier to throw and catch. It was called deflategate and some say it helped Tom Brady win.
ReplyDeleteHarbaugh maintains that he knew nothing of the Stallions scandal. Apparently, he knew about the recruiting violations he was recruiting though. In fact, an ex-Michigan staffer is to be believed, Harbaugh actually told members of his staff to commit these violations.
Bountygate happened and the saint’s coach was aware of it but he didn’t shut it down, and the players were getting bonuses if they injured other players
Bill Belichick fined 500,000 for recording Jets defensive coaches and their hand signals, they had done this to multiple other teams as well and had plans on how to do it. They also sent low-tier employees to the other team’s locker room to get a play sheet
There was a bounty bowl in the late 1980s where a kicker got a bounty on him and the person who hit the kicker was on his team.
There has been a lot of cheating and scandals in the NFL and I doubt it will ever stop, but it has been a lot less cheating now than in the past.
August 16th through August 21st. Hurricane Hilary has hit. The hurricane carried 2.5 billion gallons of contaminated water into the Tijuana River.
ReplyDeleteWhat Causes Contaminated Water and What’s in it?
Contaminated water is very dangerous and has several main producers. The sewage that flows into rivers and oceans are mainly caused by industrialization, agricultural activities, and insufficient water supply and sewage treatment facilities. Sewage is also caused from toilets, washing machines, water from houses. The everyday things that seem like they don’t do any harm, are a reason for a surplus in sewage and polluted waters.
Contaminated water holds very harmful factors including stormwater runoff, harmful chemicals, and trash. The harmful chemicals that are included in these waters are things like Cadmium, Arsenic, and Chromium.
Health Issues and Diseases from Contaminated Water
From scientists researching Contaminated Water, they were able to link it to Cancer. Cancers like Leukemia, Lymphoma, Bladder Cancer and Rectal Cancer. Not only was Cancer linked to Contaminated Water, Cancer was also found to be the most common long time hazard due to contaminated water. That isn’t the only problem though, it was found that 50+ diseases were discovered to also be hiding in this water.
Ways water pollution has been fought off.
Water pollution wasn’t only fought off from people, it can be fought off from other living things like how recently, a new bacteria has been discovered. It was found that it can break down plastic and transform it into a food source. This can filter out plastic that is inside of water, helping issues with water pollution.
In addition to that, a recent discovery from the MIT discovered a new filtration material that can be used to filter heavy metals and persistent chemicals out of water. It was made from a combination of natural silk and cellulose.
Ways you can fight off water pollution.
There are many ways for you to help with water pollution. FIrst off, consider using other items that don’t contain plastic. For example you can you a paper bag or a reusable bag to prevent use of too much plastic. Another way is to not litter. LIttering is one thing that should not happen,. Littering can effect the health of not only water, but land, and even air. If you find and empty bottles, plastic, or boxes on the ground consider picking them up and recycling them to give the earth a healthier condition.
Water pollution is a huge problem in our world. Giving health problem to animals and humans. But with the help of research, and people, water pollution can be dealt with.
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DeleteGary has been homeless due to childhood trauma and a relationship breakdown. His mom was an addict and she passed away a couple months ago. His dad was an alcoholic and he hasn’t seen him since he was nine. Gary witnessed a lot of nasty things. He became homelessness after he had a baby with his partner. Gary was sleeping on sofas/couches, garages, and even in a fridge. He was put in a hostel around Kew. He got depression and ended up doing heroin with his roommate. Things turned around for Gary when he got his flat and made a conscious decision to stop using every day. He did his own detox for a month. He was referred to St Mungo’s for the construction course. I already had the skills, but in the Job Centre just want to pump you back into work.
ReplyDeleteHomelessness in Our World
Homelessness in the World is a urgent public health issue because it impacts many cities, suburbs, and rural towns around the world. Lack of housing has a negative impact on overall health and life expectancy for all ages. Tens of thousands of people die every year due to the dangerous conditions of living without housing. People that experience homelessness die 30 years earlier than the average American. “Out of sight, out of mind” laws that make it illegal to sit or sleep in public outdoor spaces only exacerbate the revolving door between homelessness and incarceration¨.
Causes that could lead to Homelessness
When a job is lost is makes it difficult to pay for monthly expenses could cause homelessness. Many survivors of domestic violence become homeless because they leave the abusive relationship. Being sad when Homeless could lead to mental illness or susicde. PTSD from trauma could lead to causes people to be prone to self-destructive behavior, poor memory, and even substance abuse disorder.
Prevention to Homelessness
Possible ways people try to end homelessness is by to end Homelessness is a community-wide coordinated approach to delivering services, housing, and programs. The solution to homelessness is simple housing, rapid re-housing is an intervention designed to quickly connect people to housing and services. Sometimes people need long-term rental assistance to support their stability. There are programs designs to assist low-income people to increase their income are critical to preventing homelessness. National Coalition for the Homeless – Mental Illness¨Serious mental illness can cause can disrupt people's essential aspects of daily life.
People have tried to prevent homelessness by creating a community wide-coordinated approach to delivering services, housing, and programs to help the homeless people get a little help so they can figure things out. Provide assistance for the most vulnerable homeless people by giving them food, water, and warmth such as blankets, coats, hats, and gloves. Ann Olivia said ¨that We will inspire FAITH that ending homelessness is possible. We will lead with LOVE, equity and lived expertise in all that we do. We will relentlessly pursue bringing people HOME¨.
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ReplyDeleteA man immigrated to America from Naples, Italy when he was a young child. He landed and grew up in New York City but eventually moved to Atlanta. He later figured out that he had breathing problems when he was on a biking trip with some of his friends. He went to several doctors who improperly diagnosed him. He was supposed to have his lung removed when one of his surgeons said that it wasn’t his lungs. If they removed it it would make his condition even worse. It turned out that he had a disease called Sarcoidosis. This condition made him sensitive to air pollution so he had to move somewhere where the air quality was better.
Health Effects of Air Pollution
There are many health effects that come with air pollution. Some include strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, trachea, bronchus, lung cancers, aggravated asthma, and lower respiratory infections. Other health effects are cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, and cancer which can be caused by fine particulate matter. Chronic exposure to air pollution can also affect all the organs in your body.
What Air Pollution does to Adolescent Health
Because of the combination of ambient air pollution and household air pollution, it can be connected to 6.7 premature deaths per year. Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental health risks for children’s health and children and adolescents are the most vulnerable because their immune systems and organs are still developing.
How Air Pollution Effects Pre Existing Health Conditions
Air pollution doesn’t only create new problems, it can also cause trouble to pre existing conditions such as Asthma or Sarcoidosis. It can also increase your mortality risk when having cancer. Short-term exposure to air pollution can increase the probability of strokes, heart attacks, and other heart problems. Exposure to air pollution can be dangerous if you don’t have a health condition but it can become more dangerous for people with breathing conditions, cancer, and heart problems.
How You can Help
Cleaner transport. Cleaner modes of transport can help lower the pollutants that some vehicles emit. Some ideas would be walking or riding a bike if you don’t live far from where you are headed. Rail interurban freight, more heavy-duty diesel vehicles, and vehicles that emit less pollutants as well as fuel with less sulfur in it are also better alternatives.
Air pollution doesn’t just happen out in the world; it also happens at home. Cleaner household energy can also help reduce air pollution emissions. Things such as cooking, heating, and lighting can be affordable and better for air quality. Alternatives to a gas stove, which is bad for air quality, include induction and electric cooktops.
Pollution particles get into your venting and ductwork and don’t settle in a few places but are spread through your entire house. Heating then increases the concentrations of some of the pollutants which makes the air quality in your house worse. Some ways to prevent this from happening is solar energy or geothermal energy (which uses water) to heat your house when it gets cold. You can also use these ideas for lighting.
Conclusion
There are so many ways that air pollution can affect someone’s health in negative ways. There are many health problems that it can cause but these can become worse for people that already have breathing or heart problems. Children and adolescents are most vulnerable to air pollution because their bodies are still developing. Air pollution is also one of the main causes for premature deaths. Air pollution can also affect people at home. The air quality in your house can be just as bad as the air quality outside. There are simple ways to help such as walking or biking, solar and geothermal power, and many other ways to help slow it down and hopefully reduce it.
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DeleteHomelessness: A Day in the Life
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Intro
Picture this. You are a kid who has found yourself waking up in an abandoned alley with your parents who told you that we had ran out of money. This is the homelessness experience. And it isn’t an experience that anybody should go through in their lifetime.
Poverty Problems
You might wonder if others experience this, but it is not common to see people going through this struggle. In fact 58,000 people from over 30,000 houses are homeless. And that is just from this year.
Also, since families are homeless, they don’t have any money, which also means parents will have less resources to provide for themselves and for their children. Which leads to child services taking children away from their parents. It turns out that 5,100 children are currently living in accommodations, which is 110% more than 2019.
In addition, homeless families will have to start to change their everyday habits if they want to survive. They might have to dig through trash cans to get food, and they might have to start asking civilians who walk by for spare change.
Poverty Pointers
Here are some things that people can do to help out the homeless. To start, be kind enough to give them some food every once in a while. It would really help out to their health, especially if they have starvation. Also, slip a few coins to them too. It will help motivate them to work to get them back on their feet.
From the expert Deng Chao Chao, “The best way to help people is to get them to the point where they no longer feel the need to agonize over a bit of oil left in a pot, or to where they can buy shoes or a bus ticket on their own.” I feel like that statement should motivate people to help the homeless.
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DeleteThe Effects From Stigma Around Mental Health
ReplyDeleteby Cheyenne Martin
Many People find themselves not being able to receive the proper care and treatment for mental and/or physical health. That’s because of stigma and discrimination around mental health and it can affect the amount of care a person may receive for mental and physical health.
Bystanders first became aware of the issues caused by stigma and discrimination around mental health when people started reporting that they weren’t receiving proper care for mental and/or physical health because of the stigma and the societal norms that the stigma and discrimination has caused. “Studies have shown that about %40 percent of individuals dealing with mental health issues have not been able to receive proper care.”
There are multiple different types of stigma but the main two are self stigma and just normal stigma within society. Self stigma means that is based around the way a person may act and feel towards themself. Stigma and discrimination can prevent people from receiving housing, jobs, medical treatment and much more.
The stigma and discrimination has been found to be one of the most common reasons why care and treatment to be denied for an individual. Stigma can normalize so much for society that issues like these can worsen an individual's current issue.
There are steps you can take to help such as providing housing for individuals who may not have access to housing, help by spreading the word that some people can’t help that they have a mental disorders because mental health issues can be caused by genetics, trauma, stress and many more reasons because there isn’t just one single cause to mental health disorders and it mostly depends on the person themself and their life.
The stigma and discrimination based around mental health has so many negative effects, and can cause so many more issues within the topic of mental health.
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DeleteA sign of spring in Wisconsin is the Sandhill Crane, however most people don´t welcome these birds back.
ReplyDeleteIn an interview with Geis, a Wisconsin farmer, ¨Gies said he pays about $1200 for three gallons of Avipel to treat 85 acres.¨You might wonder if others have had this experience, farmers will dig the seed from the ground and eat the seeds, farmers try viable a non toxic chemical for the cranes to make spit the seed out. That doesn't work because they pick up a footlong of corn. Cranes make the farmers lose 1.6 million dollars and they can break windows.
In a survey of 162 people have complete it agree that there should be a hunting season for the Sandhill Crane. They should have a hunting season for them because they have done a half a million in crop damages.
There are too many cranes damaging farmers crops.
In 2024, a 30 year old mother of 2, Diana could not have imagined that her Instagram account, which was once filled with travel and fashion photos, now tells of her breast cancer journey. Today, Diana is still adjusting to her new life as a cancer awareness advocate who is living with a disease that challenges both her body and her spirit. In an interview with the World Health Organization, Diana stated “It all started when I noticed a lump in my breast and thought that I needed to visit a doctor.” After many tests and consultations, she was diagnosed with stage 2, breast cancer. Two tumours turned into 5, and she needed to start treatment as soon as possible to reduce the risk of poor outcomes.
ReplyDeleteBreast Cancer
Breast cancer is a disease in which certain breast cells form tumors. If left unnoticed, tumors can move throughout the body and become deadly. Increasing age, obesity, reproductive history, family history of breast cancer, history of radiation exposure, and tobacco use, are some factors that increase the risk of breast cancer.
Current Treatments
For many people like Diana traditional approaches such as chemotherapy and radiation have produced continuous physical and psychological challenges. Because of this, the landscape of tumor treatment has undergone a huge transformation. Some of these changes include antibody-drug conjugates, Cell based therapies, and gene therapy. These treatments don’t only offer precise tumor targeting, but they also provide patients with the potential to impede the disease progression.
One technology advance is 3-D mammography. This procedure takes photos from a lot of angles around the breast and puts them into a 3D image. Although this technology is increasingly available in the clinic, it still isn’t known whether it is more efficient than a standard 2-D mammography, for detecting cancer at a less advanced stage.
Even though technology advances help a lot with breast cancer treatment, experts are still trying to decide the best way to treat the deadly disease.
Early detection, and its benefits
Breast cancer is a huge public health concern that affects women all around the globe. The good news is that advancements in treatment, and early detection have led to improved survival rates. Breast cancer is one of a few cancers that an effective screening test is available. MRI and ultrasound can also be used to detect breast cancer.
How You Can Help
If you would like to support people with breast cancer, and help fund new research, there are many different charities you can donate to some include: American Cancer Society, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Breastcancer.org, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, National Breast Cancer Foundation, and Young Survival Coalition.
Breast cancer is a serious problem that affects women all around the world, but luckily early detection has helped to improve the survival rate, and there are many ways you can help.
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ReplyDeleteA girl who had an addiction to opioids struggled to get better even after getting professional help, she always seemed to go back to her old ways. “When I couldn’t get them, that’s when I discovered withdrawals,” she says. “I was like, I feel like I’m gonna die (without it).” She would go to get help and always attracted the wrong people, and that caused her to relapse over and over again. She went through many traumatic deaths that lead up to the struggles she faced with overcoming her addiction. A girl decided to come to the states to seek help, and for what she wanted it to be a fresh start. “It seemed like when I didn’t take them, the pain was way worse than before I’d started taking them. I started taking more and more and more.” While she was there she got the help that she needed and was able to stay sober, but only for a short amount of time. After a little bit of being sober she kept running into people who either did drugs, or sold drugs. That would always lead to her relapse. Time and time again she meet another boy that was addicted to all sorts of drugs, and they would start dating. Not long after they were dating they would all die from an overdose. This put large amounts of sadness, and pressure onto her. She wouldn't be able to take it and would get addicted again. After she started focusing on herself and found an organization that was good for her, she was able to recover from her addiction.
During 2022 there was 108,000 substance related deaths. That's a ton of people that alone died from it. There was even a waitlist to get substance abuse help for incarcerated people. I think there should be more places or ways to get help so they can recover faster, and feel better and live a better overall life. If they were to get out before they were off the waitlist then chances are that they would go back to their old ways. “Making treatment more accessible is important not only for those struggling with substance-use disorder but for public safety as well,”
In a single county their was 43 opioid related deaths, and 125 substance related deaths all in the same year. Either people aren't reaching out for the help, or they don't know where to start.
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ReplyDeleteIf they don't know how to reach out or who to trust then it could get difficult for them to get better. In most cases people can't get better on their own and need a helping hand like everyone else does once in a while. They are people too and sometimes people could turn to substance as a way to stop their mind from thinking, making them have a sensation of feeling better. In the long run that doesn't actually help you and the feelings and thoughts will all come back.
In california during 2023 their were 7500 drug related deaths and 6000 people hospitalized due to the use of substances. Those numbers are extremely high even for one of the more populated states. That shows even more that people just might need help reaching out.
There are many ways to recover from using substances but ill share a few. My first one is there is a substance navigator that can link your location to a bunch of resources around you, so you can get help locally. There are many programs aimed towards people who struggle with substance abuse, overdose, and criminal charge. Those would be great options to get you on your road to success. One of those places helped almost 36,000 people! That sounds like magic to me and most likely for people struggling too. A ton of places have long term support too so you can make sure that you won't ever go back to your old ways and live happily and sober for the rest of your life. "We will be starting a new project here in the ER for people struggling with alcohol use,"
My last thing that I strongly think would help is if companies had more money to afford to be able to give people the resources they need. If they had that then I think places would be able to support many more people. I think that it's really important to just even be there for people and support them while their trying to get better because them trying is so much better than them continuing getting wound up with it.
There are many ways to get help and if anybody is ever struggling with substance abuse. its best to help them get help, because it's hard for them to realize how bad their actions are until it's to late.
Homelessness Problem
ReplyDeletePicture this, You are living in the streets of America and you don’t have money. “There's so much energy required just to survive," says a man named Keith who has been homeless for over a decade. Keith took jobs as a sewer drain cleaner, and even a drug dealer just to make money. It’s a hard time being homeless.
Homelessness Statistics
All throughout the world there are homeless people. It’s the real hard truth about the world. In fact, there are 650,000 homeless people in America alone. That’s 0.19% of America. That doesn’t seem like a lot until you realize how many people live in America, 336 million people. Homelessness is a bad thing no matter how you put it or look at it. Although, almost every country in the world is trying to help solve homelessness. All over the world, there are programs and foundations that are raising money to help homeless people. In America, we have raised 3.5 billion dollars towards homeless shelters to help out homeless people.
Foundations and Programs
All over the world, there are programs and foundations that are raising money to help homeless people. In America, we have raised 3.5 billion dollars towards homeless shelters to help out homeless people. Giving money isn’t the only way to help homeless people. There are programs that give free stuff to homeless people. In Knoxville, Tennessee, there is a program called CareCuts that gives homeless people free haircuts and hair-washing equipment that they need. More programs outside of America are donating money to homeless people. In the UK, Mexico, and Canada, they are setting up foundations to help homeless people with financial health and medical health. In fact, Mexico has been getting donations since 1997, and in Canada, they are getting donations of more than 7,000 Canadian dollars at a time.
Next Steps
Being homeless isn’t fun, so we need some ways to fix it. All throughout America, old and abandoned hotels and apartments are being renovated into homeless shelters. This gives homeless people more places to live and stay off the streets. There is also a group foundation in America. By that I mean, it is a bunch of different groups donating money to build tiny home villages for the homeless. This could change the way homeless people live forever.
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DeleteHomelessness programs help homeless people around the world. People all around the world donate money to the program and the program will give people money and train/bus tickets to the people in need.
ReplyDeleteThe county of oregon funds a number of programs specifically aiming towards family homelessness. Homeless program buildings are usually old apartment buildings but, these apartment buildings serve a big purpose.
These old apartment buildings that are now a homeless shelters hold a bunch of homeless people and they use funds from their website to feed and clothe them. These homeless shelters are located all around the world mostly in big cities like chicago or las vegas. These homeless programs say that before covid hit, There was less homeless people than today.
“Mayor London Breeds, Mayor of San Francisco, Made a promise for providing a bed and shelter and if they don't want it they give them a ticket for a bus to move to a different place.”
If you are homeless or close to being homeless don't be afraid to go ask for help from a family member or a friend.
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DeleteI like how much information you have.
DeleteIn 2013, a girl named Ella Roberta died at the tragic age of nine due to air pollution. Some of the main things that contributed to her death in the pollution were car gases and asthma.
ReplyDeleteThis is a major reason why we need to keep the air and water clean.
How Pollution can Affect the Human Body
Pollution is very bad for human health and body. An example would be cancer. Although lung cancer is the most common type of cancer caused from pollution, studies have shown that it can also effect head and neck cancer. Professor Dr, John Cramer states “Head and neck is actually very similar to lung cancer,” Cramer said. “These are cancers that typically occur in the lining of the mouth, the throat, or the voice box.” Not only cancer, but it can lead to many different types of illnesses and diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity, systemic inflammation, alzheimer's disease, and dementia. The main things in the pollution that cause these types of things are smoking, car exhaust, and industrial emissions. Even if you don’t catch a disease, it will still affect your body significantly by getting to every organ in your body and worsening your body's health.
Children are much more affected by this because their bodies are still growing and so it is much easier for them to get sick. Because of things like that, 50% of children's deaths are caused by water pollution.
How Pollution can Affect the Environment
Not only can pollution affect our bodies, but it can significantly affect the environment. 80% of diseases come from water, which means that the water we are drinking is likely not good for us and is giving us a variety of sicknesses and diseases. Speaking of people drinking unhealthy water, more than 80% of human sewage is drunk without being filtered properly the way it is meant to. That means that the water we are drinking is dirty and it gives us those diseases. If we look at bodies of water in the world, many of them don’t meet the health expectations that they are supposed to because of the pollution in the water.
But how does the pollution get in the water? Agriculture has more to do with pollution than you might think. Things like pesticides, nitrogen fertilizers, and organic farm waste are huge factors to what i’m talking about. Another big contributor is random particles in the water, which means only about 29% of surface water is healthy to drink. Even though it may seem like that would only affect the humans, it significantly affects the animals as well.
How to Stay Healthy From Pollution
You may have been unaware of those facts and are now worried for your health, but not to worry, there are ways to keep healthy and make sure the air and water around you is healthy. You may not be able to do much worldwide, but there are a few things that will help your air quality around you. Some of the most simple things that you can do may include staying indoors, air conditioning, air cleaners, avoid lots of outdoor activities, and lastly, don’t put things like smoke into the air by doing things like smoking/vaping. These things will not only help the earth stay clean and make a bit of a difference, it will also help your health as a person. Things like air purifiers or air conditioners help make sure that the air around you that you are breathing in your home is healthy and not full of smoke and particles. Avoiding outdoor activities that may take longer than 1 hour are a good start. Staying outside long in unhealthy air is really hard on your lungs and can have significant repercussions. A decrease in smoking and vaping is obviously a large factor not only for your health, but for the air.
Hopefully you are now more aware and cautious of what is going into the environment and your body. Hopefully you also now know how to take better care of the air and water around you.
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DeleteKatie picked up her phone and saw the hospital calling telling her that her 17 year old daughter was in the hospital’s Emergency room. Brittany was driving under the influence of xanax. This was when Kaite realized her daughter was abusing drugs. A year later they found out Brittany was addicted to heroin. Brittany was constantly in jail, living in a drug house, or homeless. She had overdosed three times. Her addiction had made her lie to her friends and steal from her family. This story is one of many. Drug abuse and addiction is a common thing to happen.
ReplyDeleteRats on Cocaine Experiment
During a study, 30 rats were given the opportunity to intake small doses of cocaine.
Each dose had small amounts of bitter tasting quinine, which is safe for rats and often found in tonic water. The pairing of these two things are meant to show the positive and negative effects of drugs. Their goal was to see if the bitter taste of the drugs would affect if the rats would still want it. There were three main things that happened with the rats The first group had a strong negative reaction and stopped consuming the drug entirely. This mimics people who try a drug have a bad reaction and then avoid it. The second group slowly increased the amount of the cocaine they consumed which showed the bitter taste was not enough to stop them. The third group started with large amounts of cocaine and slowly leveled out the amount they took. In an interview with Sanjana Gajbhiye drug expert Dr. Moschak said “The third group surprised us. They seemed to have over-indulged and the combination of too much cocaine and too much aversive stimulus took over.” In an interview with Sanjana Gajbhiye drug expert Dr. Robert Kirken said “This is a fascinating study with great potential to help us better understand and address drug abuse in people. with further study, this research could lead to better ways to prevent and treat addiction.”
Your anecdote is written really well and definitely gets the reader interested
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ReplyDeleteIn 2023 3.1% of people (8.9 million) misused opioids in the past year. In 2023 people age 12 or older who were classified as needing substance use treatment in the past year, about 1 in 4 (23.6% or 12.8 million people) received substance use treatment in the past year. In 2022, DeSoto County had the second-highest numbers of overdose deaths in Mississippi, while nearby Shelby County saw the highest numbers of overdose deaths in Tennessee that year.
What drugs can do to you
People may not notice that their addiction may have become a problem. Impacts on the brain can be things like not finding joy in anything that isn’t involving the drug. The prefrontal cortex is the last part of the brain to develop It helps with planning judgment and impulse control, making drugs a worse for kids by making it hard to have self-control and decision making. On december 4th Oxford treatment center opened its new outpatient facility in southaven with a ribbon cutting ceremony. It has treatment services like medical detox and inpatient rehab to outpatient treatment and sober living. Oxford treatment center had served more than 11,000pations over the years. In 2022, DeSoto County had the second-highest numbers of overdose deaths in Mississippi, while nearby Shelby County saw the highest numbers of overdose deaths in Tennessee that year. In an interview with Amanda Lautieri, Paige Havens Executive Director at Oxford Treatment Center said “Now, more than ever, individuals need access to addiction treatment, especially as overdose deaths remain way too high in our community, We are honored to extend our services to more people in need of life-saving care. We’ve been a community staple in Mississippi for more than a decade now. We know addiction is a treatable disease, and we want this community to know they have a trusted provider close to home.”
What should you do? You could take action and avoid drugs. If someone you know is abusing drugs tell them about the dangers and persuade them to get help. There are different kinds of help you can get and it will look different depending on who it is. Getting help is not something to be ashamed of it’s good to get help if you need it. Look out for signs of drug abuse in your loved ones, drugs are a very dangerous thing to get caught up in so stay safe.
The statistics in this really show how much of a problem drug abuse can be
DeleteIn the article by Wired, a girl in 2010 three months before her 7th birthday Ella Roberta developed a chest infection and a bad cough. Her mother brought her to the hospital where she was diagnosed with asthma. Ella’s mother Kissi-Debrah says “She had one of the worst cases of asthma ever recorded” In the following months, she got worse and she began suffering from coughing syncope. Ella was admitted into the hospital about 30 times in the next three years. On February 15, 2013, Ella suffered a fatal asthma attack..
ReplyDeleteSulfur Dioxide Risks
There are lots of different kinds of air pollutants. But a common air pollutant is Sulfur Dioxide. Sulfur is a reactive air pollutant with a strong odor. Sulfur can be a threat to human health, animal health, and plant life. It is made from fossil fuel combustion and natural volcanic activity. Sulfur can irritate the skin, and mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs. High concentrations of Sulfur can affect lung function, can worsen asthma attacks, and worsen existing heart disease. The people who are at risk are people with any diseases, especially lung diseases, children, older adults, and people who are active with things like running. Symptoms of Sulfur include pain when taking a breath, coughing, sore throat, or throat irritation, and breathing problems. Sulfur Dioxide is most commonly found in a volcanic spot, where there are active volcanoes.
Exposure to Air Pollution and Sources
Exposure to high levels of air pollution can cause various health problems. Many increased health risks are heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. Most sources of air pollution come from fuels from cars, or other vehicles. Also household items like ovens, lighting and heating, agricultural things, and waste burning, which is used for recycling. There is a particle that is called particulate matter, which is particles in the air, including, dust, dirt, soot, and liquid droplets. These particles can be inhaled and can damage the respiratory system. The small size of these particles is called ‘fine’ particles. They can lodge themselves deep inside your lungs and break into your bloodstream. Currently, 600,000 children die every year from air pollution.
Solutions
Here are some ways people can do to help stop air pollution. Having sustainable ways for transport in cities. Stopping waste burning for ways of recycling. Providing access to clean household fuels for ovens or other fueled household items. Before moving to a city you could check to see air pollution levels.
Right now, air pollution is growing and spreading and it's becoming worse for health.
In the winter of 2021, Jane sat in a courtroom listening as the lawyers retold the night of her son’s death. Sadly, Jane is not the only one who has experienced a crime.
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But what exactly is a crime? A crime is an illegal action you make. Crimes can range from all different types like arson, murder, theft, robbery, homicides, shootings, and credit card fraud. People like the police department work to make sure the crime rate decreases, hoping to eventually have a safe environment for residents.
Hotspots for Crime
Many crimes happen everywhere in the US. But some cities have the worst rate. In Detroit, they have recorded 252 homicides and 804 nonfatal shootings. In some areas of Detroit, it was a hotspot for homicides and shootings. Areas that are not a part of the CVI (Community Violence Intervention) saw a reduction in homicides and shootings by 35%. But just like Detroit, many other cities have a high rate of crime. In Wisconsin, Milwaukee has seen a total of 11,023 crimes throughout 2022 including homicides, robbery, theft, and arson.
Consequences and charges
These crimes don’t go unnoticed though, many crimes have charges or fines the person has to pay for committing a crime. A fine for shoplifting includes $100, but if the ticket is under $100, the crime will not be charged. Sometimes, a crime that was committed might result in jail time. If you commit gun violence, you will see at least five years up to life imprisonment. But there may be easier solutions to fixing mistakes.
Crime prevention programs
Each crime prevention program has a different way of solving the problem. The CVP, or the Cure Violence program, uses public health methods to prevent and interrupt violent behavior. The CVP has helped to make cities a safer place for people to live in. The program has intervened in 18 incidents, including 5 gun violence incidents. But that's not the only method. The Fairfax county police department launched their 2024 Summer Crime Prevention Initiative. The program “focuses on reducing crime through strategic prevention and focused enforcement.” According to the Fairfax police department.
Crime rates skyrocketed between the 1970s to the early 1990s. But even though those years seemed to be the worst, a change was made. People had reporting systems being made so that police were being sent out as the crime was happening. Crime prevention was gaining popularity as crimes continued. But by the end of 1990, crime began to decrease. And even though towns and cities were safer, crime never truly stopped. If you ever happen to witness a crime, make sure to report it immediately.
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DeletePicture this a teen girl wasted half of her day by scrolling through social media instead of doing her school work. Millions of teens are like this.
ReplyDeleteSocial media is causing teens to have mental health issues. According to Psychiatry.org, “Mental Health is an illness a diagnosable mental disorder which the health conditions for that are significant changes of thinking, emotional or behavior.”
In an interview with a teen on CBS, had spoken about how she used to be bullied online because of the way she looked and she started to change the way she looked on social media.
Another with a teen on ABC news, a teen talked about balancing from school work and social media. The teens sleeping schedule was off because of her having to stay up and work on her work.
To help teens with mental health, mental health clinics need to be free for teens. According to Nami, “Residential programs can be expensive, and frequently are not covered by private insurance or Medicaid.”
Parents should put parental control on their teens cellular device and should have access to their social media to prevent to over using their apps. Teens that over scroll can cause them to have a mental health issue.This is the reason why teens should get free health care
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Picture this, your a young boy just waking up from you sleep, but you feel thirsty, so your mother or father comes with a cup of water, but the cup of water looks somewhat black, but you don't put any mind to it and drink it, and a few days later you lying ill in the bed, this is what’s happening to several people, in the whole globe 3 billion people don't have access to clean water, and so they get diseases and they become sickend.
People dieing because of water pollution
You may be surprised of how many people have died from water pollution, According to a article called “ What are the effects of water pollution on human health “ from a expert, she said “ it is said that over 872,000 children under the age of 5 have died from water pollution”, Because some causes of water pollution are, Human waste, antiquated infrastructure, Industrial process, Agriculture run-off , Contaminated waste,And many more.
How polluted water is made
Causes by polluted waters can be different from others; let's take industrial process polluted water and agricultural runoff process they both produce bacteria but different infections or diseases, so some polluted waters can cause cancer in lungs and skin, it can also cause hair loss, as well as irritation, and high levels of blood stream.
A very radioactive substence
According to a expert named Deena Robinson, in Japan in April of 2021, the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant was thrown into the sea. Which is super radioactive, Claiming that they were monertairing the waters ensuring no radioactive material got into the water that we drink, but still the seas are filled with the radioactive material. Oil is also a big problem in water pollution, because when countries or states are looking for oil( Under water ), they will make holes for the pump and that makes the oil leaks out and goes into the water, and contaminating the water.
Why filters arent very affective
There are some steps you can take to help you body not get sick by contaminated water you may be thinking to buying a filters, but filters don't really help if you water level of contamination is high it will only take a bit of the bacteria off the water which still when you drink it, it will may cause sickness still.
Rush to a doctor if you feel these symptoms
When you feel some sicknesses of the symptoms like diarrhea are even some symptoms of like hair loss or skin irritation or even your skin going yellow, your skin getting hurt easily, i recommend you to consult a doctor because these symptoms are some of polluted water, some even being contaminated with oil or lead, this may be leading straight to your death if not treated immediately, because if the water is really contaminated you will get cancer, and some specialist have said that you can die because of contaminated water.
Why microplastics are Dangerous
What can you do to help stop spreading diseases from polluted water you may ask well first you can recycle plastic water bottles, because these contain microplastics, some even contain millions, and when microplastics are consumed they can cause the following effects: Nausea,vomiting, abdominal pain and in some severe cases can lead to a stroke
What to do if you want to help stop contaminating the seas
Here are some ways you can stop water pollution, Reduce your plastic consumption and reuse or recycle plastic. Properly dispose of chemical cleaners and oils.Use phosphate-free detergents (phosphates lead to algae blooms and kill fish and other aquatic animals by reducing the oxygen in the water. ) Dispose of medical stuff properly.
Social media and the mental health effects it has
ReplyDeleteA high schooler is going to quit school because social media it was affecting her so much it made her depressed and she doesn't want to be at school. This could happen to you if you aren't careful with social media and how much time you are spending on it.
How young users affected by social media
Some young social media users get a variety of things that could happen the most common is anxiety, anxiousness and hard to have strong relationships with people. The other thing that could happen is they start letting the social media affect how they eat and what they what others are affected by sleep texting, where kids text well they sleep texting embarrassing messages or gibberish.
How to tell if they have problems with mental health
If you are worried if your kid or friend is having mental health problems these are the signs to look out for. If your friend or kid gets distant or isolating themselves, always seeing what people have to say about them, their grades dropping then having to spend every waking moment or too much time or social media. Then they change themselves because social media told them to. News 8 WROC interviewed a specialist in mental health, she said ‘ Elementary and high school are the first generation to have their entire social life affected by social media and it is affecting how they perceive themselves.’
How to help
To try to help your child or friend from getting stuck in the social media traps. First is to limit their time on social media by downloading a parental control apps, like Family Link to limit their time on social media. Or hangout with them more invite them to sport games or just get together to help them feel more wanted. To help them get themselves back with other effects like sleep texting you will have to take a different approach if your a sleep texting you will have to wear mittens when you go to bed this is what you can do to help.
This really affects kids lives
If social media didn't affect kids this would not be a problem because this is affecting kids life hurting their future with mental health and something needs to be done about this serious issue.
ReplyDeleteExotic animals and reasons there going extinct. For some background information exotic animals are animals that are hard to find or rare. Extinct for example means when a animal breed is dying to the point where there is not going to be any of that animal left in a couple of years/decades.
Bystanders first became aware of extinct in exotic animals in 1796. One reason why their going extinct is that people are illegally selling exotic animals for money. Then the sellers are telling the buyers misleading information about the exotic animals. Which is causing the animals to have the wrong diets which cause them to die.
According to ifaw “The world’s most endangered animals include about 4,000 critically endangered species that face threats so severe they’re close to becoming extinct.” Most exotic animals die from habitat loss and poaching.
Obesity Risks, Causes, Definitions, and Solutions
ReplyDeletePicture this… you were only 17, and you were 342 lbs. You couldn’t go have fun with your friends because you felt humiliated about your size. Well that is the story of Mariana Castrillon, who had a BMI of over 56 by the age of 17.
Health Risks of Obesity
You may be shocked to find out that most of the heart diseases, diabetes, cancers, hypertensions, heart attacks, and heart failure cases are all be from severe/class 3 obesity. In 2022, the world health organization reported that about 890 million adults and 160 million adolescents are all obese worldwide. Another research dated in 2023 uncovered that 18,000 participants found that being overweight/severely obese has horrifically increased their risks of death from 22% to 91%. Imagine if someone you know was this severely obese that they increased their risks of death about 69%. Another research revealed that 9.2% of adults have obesity. This is around 22 million americans.
Causes of Obesity
Economy in developing countries increases the chances of obesity due to people having more access to food and having less physical movement. People that live in rural areas tend to be self reliant on their own for food. This means that they get better nutritional meals with a low fat percentage. People in urban areas tend to rely on external sources like grocery stores. This means their meals tend to have higher fat percentage making urban areas have higher chances of being obese. Genetics come into play when talking about the causes of obesity. An example of genetics affecting people is the pima indians. All of the generations of the pima indians suffer from obesity and diabetes.
Definition of Obesity
Obesity can be defined as a bmi of 40 and over, or a bmi of 35 with 1 medical issue that correlates with obesity. If you were wondering what “BMI” meant, it means “Body Mass Index”. One last definition of obesity is “Abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in adipose tissue , to the extent where health may be impaired”.
Solutions for Obesity
Although you may think obesity can’t be helped, there are multiple ways to get better health. One way to help obesity is to have a bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery is a procedure that reduces the calorie intake/food capacity for severely obese people. Bariatric surgery can also greatly improve the chances of not having a heart attack As many weight loss medications are known, wegoby is one of the most well known. Professionals say that anyone on wegoby that needs it can lose up to 10% of their body weight; to lose up to 10% of your body weight on wegoby, you need to have a good diet and get good physical exercise. Another solution is a medicine called GLP-1. GLP-1 can greatly improve cardiovascular health, and ultimately make someone with severe obesity healthier. The last solution is for adolescents. Adolescents that have the components to be in a obesity program for teens and adolescents can be helped by professionals that specialize in weight loss. Mariana, that was mentioned a the start, had lost 10 pounds and was able to get a gastric sleeve surgery (Weight loss). “Research shows that bariatric surgery helps teenagers lower their BMI and reverse or significantly reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. By reducing the risk of obesity-related disorders earlier in life, surgical treatment can help prevent illness in teens and lead to better health as adults,” says Dr. Tashiro, who performs weight loss surgery for teens that qualify within the system.
ReplyDeleteBystanders started to be more aware of animal abuse after Reba the bulldog died because the owner had stuck her in a plastic container, taped it shut, and dumped her in 110 degree weather. Reba was retrieved on July 26th then taken to the hospital and was being treated but died two days later due to the heat stroke. Many people have been supporting her death and there was a campaign to raise awareness about animal abuse and the effects. The owner who had done this to Reba has not been found, however there are two suspects. Many people don’t think about the effects that animal abuse has on other things and only think about the effects on the animal. Of course it’s good to think about the animals but it has many more impacts than just the animals harmed.
What animal abuse looks like
Animals being used for products is not abuse but it's how they are treated, like when a cow is being used for milk the cow should have room to roam and play instead of being inside all day everyday. The cow should have plenty of nutritious meals and access to water but underfeeding the cow or not letting the cow have water is abuse. Animal abuse also includes hitting, kicking, throwing, and yelling aggressively at the animal.
Mental Health effects
There are many effects of seeing animal abuse happen, an example is becoming more aggressive towards other people. There are many studies on the effects of animal abuse on humans, there are numerous effects that can come up and a few are anti-social behavior, aggressive behavior, disorders, and trauma. Some factories have children working with animals so they witness it and they have a bigger reaction sometimes having nightmares or being scared of the animals.
Reporting
There have been cases where animal abuse is out in the open but nobody reports it so it never gets taken care of. If you see an animal being abused or neglected report it to authorities and try to help the animal if you know the abuser personally and help take care of the animal until the situation is resolved.
Background Checks
When someone adopts a dog from a breeder, the breeder doesn't usually run a background check to ensure there have been no cases of animal abuse or neglect. When someone gets an animal abuse case they are most likely ordered to not get an animal again. The breeder should also check for domestic violence cases because they are likely to abuse the animal, unless there was a disorder for a therapy dog or animal.
Teaching
Some animal abusers grow up in a household who abused animals or didn't like them. To prevent kids from not liking animals you can teach them to like them or sometimes it's just anger or fear so you can go to zoos or go to places where they have animals and teach them how to handle animals.
Bystanders first became aware of the huge increase of homelessness people when there was homeless people everywhere and it was really hard for everyone that was in that situation. Of being out on the street did you know that
ReplyDelete171,521 people are homeless in california that is really bad and there are groups that have shelters and they are running out of room to hold more people in them
According to cal matters they are trying to house advocates because its getting to point where it is to much.
Ways that we can prevent homelessness are be kind about because how they got into that situation have conversations with them listen to what they have to say sometimes don’t just ignore them because that is being rude sometimes acknowliding that they are there is nice just ignoring them is inhumane. In conclusion, homelessness requires a lof of attention and action addressing this issue can have positive impact on people and hopefully make them see that there are some people in need of help.