What are the health effects of landfills?
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Yes.Especially asthma.Contact your attorney.
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yes. If the garbage is bio-degradable(it is natural, not man made e.g  plastic) it does not cause any harm. If the garbage is natural, like old leaves etc. it enriches the soil and helps the plant grow.\n\nIf the garbage is plastic etc. it can harm the plant
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hmmmmm...... everything. From the binging and purging, you can ruin your esophogus and throat in general (from all the acid you are throwing up). You can get Acid Refulx Disease or GERD from this as well. You can get stomach ulcers. Bullimia usually leads to anorexia, and you hair on your head falls out, but you get really furry on the rest of your body because your body cannot regulate its own temperature. From lack of eating, you are going to have tons less energy, so you are going to feel tired a lot more. When you are tired and are working out for hours a day, you are going to faint a lot. The lack of energy in your body is going to lead to less brain waves you produce, which can make it harder for you to think or concentrate. When you don't have any food in your system, or if you don't drink anything (including water or juice), your body is going to develop a vitamin dificiency, which could lead to digestive problems, liver failure, kidney failure, amonst other things. There are a lot of things that can go wrong with bullimia. It is a disease after all.\n\nHope this adds some insight and helps!
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It means it won't decompose to become environment-friendly after it has been discarded. Many rubbish items can be burnt in an incinerator, but not plastic. More research is needed to find alternative products that can be disposed of in a way that does not add to the mountains of rubbish being buried in landfill sites.
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Start with the references given.\n\nNearly everything we do leaves behind some kind of waste. Households create ordinary garbage. Industrial and manufacturing processes create solid and hazardous waste. The Office of Solid Waste (OSW) regulates all this waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).\n\nRCRA's goals are to: \n\nProtect us from the hazards of waste disposal \nConserve energy and natural resources by recycling and recovery \nReduce or eliminate waste, and \nClean up waste, which may have spilled, leaked, or been improperly disposed. \n\nHazardous waste comes in many shapes and forms. Chemical, metal, and furniture manufacturing are some examples of processes that create hazardous waste. RCRA tightly regulates all hazardous waste from "cradle to grave." RCRA also controls garbage and industrial waste. Common garbage is municipal waste, which consists mainly of paper, yard trimmings, glass, and other materials. Industrial waste is process waste that comes from a broad range of operations. Some wastes are managed by other federal agencies or state laws. Examples of such wastes are animal waste, radioactive waste, and medical waste.\n\nLeftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients are considered to be "household hazardous waste" or "HHW." Products, such as paints, cleaners, oils, batteries, and pesticides, that contain potentially hazardous ingredients require special care when you dispose of them. \n\nImproper disposal of household hazardous wastes can include pouring them down the drain, on the ground, into storm sewers, or in some cases putting them out with the trash. The dangers of such disposal methods might not be immediately obvious, but improper disposal of these wastes can pollute the environment and pose a threat to human health. Many communities in the United States offer a variety of options for conveniently and safely managing HHW. For more information on which wastes at home are hazardous refer to the list of common household products with potentially hazardous ingredients.
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Lung cancer, mouth, throat and tongue cancer, heart disease, peripheral neuropathy, and of course death from any of the above.\nGive up, you know you want to!!! :D
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Air pollution is any substance that is emitted into the air that hamrs the environment. Preventive measures include finding newer energy sources, using less of the energy resources we have, driving less, and cleaning the emissions fron factories better than we are. Its effects on humans and plants include respitory problems, growth stunting, cancer of the skin, and prolonged exposure can include death and loss of sight and other motor skills. Thats all I have time to give you.
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Proper waste management covers all aspects of the disposal or re-cycling of materials that humans consider useless.\nHuman waste is only one aspect.  Industrial, automotive, hazardous, medical, chemical and even radioactive waste must all be considered.  This is especially important in urban areas when the concentration of people is the largest.\nThis is necessary to protect public health and the environment.  It also keeps us from burying ourselves in our own waste.
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There are a lot of problems caused by urbanization. I will tell ya abt a few, and leave you to explore the two links i am providing you.\n1. Loss of Arable Land\n2. Degradation of Air Quality\n3. Increase in waste\n4. Changes in Diet\n5. Pollution of Water and Land
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Mercury is a bioaccumulative toxin that is easily absorbed through the skin, respiratory and gastrointestinal tissues.\n\nMercury attacks the central nervous system and endocrine system and adversely affects the mouth, gums, and teeth. High exposure over long periods of time will result in brain damage and ultimately death. (The term "Mad as a hatter" is thought to relate to occupational insanity caused by exposure to mercury componds in the manufacture felt hats in the 19th century) It can pose a major health risk to the unborn fetus.\n\nHumans or animals poisoned with mercury or its compounds often manifest excessive salivation, a condition called mercurial ptyalism.\n\nMinamata disease is a form of mercury poisoning.
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1. office equipements like laser copiers and printers generates ozone in the process\n2. repetitive tasks like typing may cause tunnel syndromes\n3. poor posture when moving heavy things may hurt your back\n4. find out more about ergonomics.
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Education! People have to learn more about pollution and what effects their actions (dumping, buying goods with a lot of packaging etc.) have on the environment. Only then people can act responsibly, reduce waste and recycle and reuse as much as possible.
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smog, overcrowing, health, water treatment, waste management, second hand smoke, drugs.
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The negative side effects of smoking are damage to throat and lungs;\nadded risk of heart disease;\ndepletion of certain vitamins, especially Vitamin C, which might cause some health problems, \ndiscolouration of teeth and fingernails and even the skin around the fingernails on the hand that holds the cigarette,\nostracism due to smelling like an ashtray;\nostracism due to being a smoker in the first place;\na weakened immune system due to depletion of vitamins in part, but  mainly due to being forced to smoke outdoors in the freezing cold:\nLung disease; respiratory diseases; and sometimes cancer;\ndamage to an unborn foetus;\ncosts of decorating (white walls will yellow quickly);\ncosts of buying the cigarettes;\ncosts of getting private health care for your emphysema or whatever, which your G.P. doesn't care to treat as you a smoker;\ncost of tissues which you need to hack up the daily ten oysters or so ...\nprobably more!\nThe positive side-effects should get a mention too, for the sake of an unbiased  report.\ngood for the digestion;\ngood for certain types of dental problems;\naids concentration and focussing skills;\nreduces stress;\nreduces the toxic effects of alcohol.\nProbably a lot more there too!\nIn the neutral box, premature ageing is often cited as a negative side-effect, but that probably depends on the person (By premature ageing, I mean wrinkled skin and not breathlessness due to lung capacity or heart)\nDepending on the how much nicotine and tar the cigarette contains, and on personal hygiene, smelling bad is no longer an "option".\n\nPeople who suffer from stress-related diseases are discouraged to cold turkey because their conditon would get worse. Until they can find an alternative way of managing their stress, smoking is acceptable, but hopefully they try to cut down.\nBreathing exercises are useful to delay lighting up, as is holding the cigarette in your fingers when you feel the urge to smoke, and counting to ten or whatever, in the hope that a distraction will stop you from smoking it for yet a longer while .\n\nYet why is it that after WW2, so many pregnant mothers smoked, and produced healthy babies? How did all those 60-a-day smokers live into ripe old age, with only a cough to show for it, if that? Could it be that modern cigarettes contain dangerous chemicals these days? Chemicals which are far worse than tobacco itself?
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The main dangers are from the poop and dust from which you can get various diseases and conditions. You should report this company to the health authorities because they are also putting their customers at risk
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If you are talking about the effects of radioactive material (alpha, beta and gamma particles) on the human body then in layman's terms prolonged exposure would lead to burns, radioactive sickness - the bodies organs deteriorate and collapse, hair and teeth start to fall out and various cancers and other serious heavy metal / radioactivity induced conditions develop, etc.
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Effects of deforestation.\n\nthis can be a local problem with global consequences.\n\ncan be biology and chemsitry (maybe physics as well, heat flows etc.)