Essays Tagged: "cataracts"
OZONE DEPLETION
ltra-violet rays that enter the atmosphere. Scientists believe that extra UV-Rays can cause cancer, cataracts and damage to agriculture Ozone, however, does have some practical uses such as: purifying ... re cases of basal cell and squamous-cell cancers, 14,000 more melanoma cancers and 1.6 million more cataracts. Additionally, for each 1% loss of stratospheric ozone, smog will increase up to 2%. Econo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Comparing ancient Sumer and Egypt
geography determined everything about they way they live. The Libyan Desert, Mediterranean Sea and cataracts, were all major difficulties in getting in and out of Egypt. The Nile River is another att ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt
Ozone layer Depletion and the future effects it will have on the population. Harmful effects of the Ultraviolet rays.
ole) gets larger, additional ultraviolet rays are allowed to pass through. These rays cause cancer, cataracts, and lowered immunity to diseases.1 What causes the depletion of the ozone layer? In 1970, ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Turner Syndrome: A Genetic Defect
with Turner Syndrome exhibit many symptoms. Some are: short stature, webbed neck, horseshoe kidney, cataracts, arthritis, high blood pressure, low hairline, scoliosis, soft nails, abnormal eye feature ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects
The Ozone Layer and how it effects Earth
crease in the incidence of skin cancer (UV radiation can destroy acids in DNA), a large increase in cataracts and sun burning, suppression of immune systems in organism, adverse impact on crops and an ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences
The Nile River.
on, between Aswan and Khartoum, often called Nubia, the river passes through a series of rapids and cataracts which form a natural boundary to the south (Parsons 2001). Through most of Egypt the river ... rvoir created by the dam, destroying monuments and archaeological sites from the First to the Third Cataracts of the Nile River.Ambitious rescue operations began world-wide in 1960 in attempts to save ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Werner syndrome Research project.
The physical characteristics of WS are short stature, hoarse high-pitched voice, juvenile bilateral cataracts, premature graying of hair, skin changes, diabetes, cancer and other diseases found in the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Our Ozone Layer: Past, Present and Future
s, and animals. In humans, exposure to UV light can increase the chances of getting skin cancer and cataracts. It also harms food crops and other plants, as well as many animals (Albritton, et al).The ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
The Blind and Disheartened.
xhaustion from a difficult day of cataract surgeries, she continued, "She's got a degree of nuclear cataracts in both eyes! Lloyd, she's our last patient here!""OK!", I shouted loudly in response. I d ... our aid over there!"It's becoming almost impossible to bear. Another poor Sierra Leonean woman with cataracts disease in both eyes. These people, their eye sights are blocked by a blurry white cover w ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Ozone-Depletion
ct fast to save the remaining o-zone. By doing so, we can prevent many from getting skin cancer and cataracts. Also, by recycling vehicle equipment we can help to conserve CFC'S. CFC-12 is a leading C ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
A Personal Look at Successful Aging
parents, like so many others, were affected by a myriad of health problems. My father was developed cataracts, was infected with lime disease and later died from a massive coronary failure. My mother ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
The blind and deaf
ndness. There are a high number of diseases that can cause blindness. Some of these are as follows: Cataracts, Diabetic, Glaucoma, Macular degeneration, Amblyopia, Corneal opacity, and Trachomia just ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
The Health Damages of Cigarette Smoking
looks like.Outline ATTENTION-GETTING OPENER Lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease, asthma attacks, cataracts, bronchitis, and death, these are all the common effects due to cigarette smoking.PREVIEW ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Purpose of the Fool of King Lear
ven though Lear's insanity causes him discomfort.Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, Blow,You cataracts and hurricanes, spoutTill you have drenched our steeples, drown the cocks!You sulphurous a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature