Essays on Mercury Poisoning

Peru is known to be rich in gold and thus, houses a lot of gold mines. Based on the fact that a good number of the population comprises of the poor, the old methods are used to extract gold. Admittedly, mercury binds gold in the mud at the mines. Precisely, 0.33 gold ring is surrounded by over 20 tons of toxic wastes (Brilliant Earth, n.d). It thus follows that there are a lot of health hazards accruing from gold mining. Focusing on Peruvinian Mine Yanacocha, which forms the poorest part in Peru (Peru: Mercury poisoning, n.d), it is significant ...

Many centuries ago, a man witnessed an apple fall from a tree and had a scientific revelation about the way that the objects on the earth worked. This was no ordinary man: this was Isaac Newton, and this incident would lead him to formulate the law of gravity. There are many variations and controversies about the apple story, including a conspiracy that Newton himself made it up. Regardless of the origins of the story, this scenario has become the symbol of Isaac Newton’s life and person in science classes around the world. In addition to his theories of ...

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Depression refers to a mental condition that is characterized by several symptoms that include but are not limited to: lethargy, isolation, prolonged periods of sadness, sudden emotional outburst such as crying for no particular reason, bouts of rage, self destructive tendencies such as cutting or biting, anxiety, paranoia, loss of appetite or unusual increase in appetite characterized by binge eating, insomnia and hostility. Recent estimates indicate that 1 out of every 10 individuals in the United States in termed as clinically depressed. The study also found that those likely to e depressed are: persons without any source of income, those ...