Cancer Case Study

Cadmium is dangerous because it can cause kidney failure. It travels in the blood toward the liver where it shares bonds with proteins. It then travels to the kidneys where it can gather.

Discussion of local government is a subject where eyes glaze over and information floats in one ear and right out the other. Most citizens know in greater depth about national politics rather than local, even if the city government has a greater influence and impact on daily life. With the permission of Professor Duckworth, I watched Frisco Independent School District’s board meeting online (link provided, pg. 4). The school board meeting explained a lot about the process, organization, and the structure of local politics.

Society struggled defending against diseases because they have been the causing the spread microbes without being aware of it . As time proceeds, communities develop ways to hinder the continuation of epidemics. Throughout multiple sources, such as the periodic table of elements, articles based on the industrial revolution, and research for a chemical information sheet from a website, it is clear that humans contribute to the spread of disease through contaminated water, a breeding ground of pathogens, and the negative impact of the element copper. Society confronts the disease through the practice of sanitation that diminishes death rates during surgeries and discovering the positive impact of the element copper.

Overpowering metals accumulate in the body, initiating various achievement issues and impacts all organs in the body.

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Virginia, during the stormy winter of 1809. His mother died when he was three years old and his father not long after. Poe got adopted, although he didn’t get along with his adoptive parents. Poe got married, however his wife died at twenty four. He had gotten engaged, but before he got married a sickness caught up with him, and died in 1849.

Coronary problems like heart attack and heart disease is lead from calcification of arteries from low magnesium levels.

The main message of this letter is to inform you about the risks of cyanide and a destruction it can cause not only to human but also to the environment and many living organisms. I am sure that you are aware about how cyanide takes place in the human body and breathed out in very low concentrations with each breathe. Cyanide is extremely toxic to humans even in very small quantities, with a teaspoon of 2% cyanide solution can cause death. Gold mining is a very hard and dangerous work. Millions of gold miners earn low wages or are utilized by dishonest middlemen. Dangerous working conditions can cause illness, injury, or even death. The highest risk for the estimated 600,000 children who work as gold miners. In humans, health problems may occur such as asthma, emphysema, thyroid and diabetes in children.

Selenium is an essential trace element found in the body that works in conjunction with other vitamins to support the powerful detoxification process. When combined with Vitamin E, Selenium can help prevent oxidative stress from occurring in the body which is crucial in the prevention of many diseases such as heart disease and cancer. According to Dr. Mandal (2015), "Oxidative stress is essentially an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the ability of the body to counteract or detoxify their harmful effects through neutralization by antioxidants." Selenium goes to work in the body as a powerful antioxidant, and it is required for the production of Glutathione, which is a key antioxidant in our bodies. Antioxidants are important in keeping the body healthy by fighting off the free radicals that our cells are exposed to on a daily basis.

Likewise, extracellular zinc can have drastic effects on invading microbes. Zinc is the second most abundant transition metal within vertebrate hosts, and has been suggested to interact with up to 10% of host proteins and is crucial for proper immune function (Andreini et al., 2006; Wintergerst et al., 2006). In Streptococcus pneumoniae, it has been suggested that extracellular zinc may outcompete manganese for uptake via the cell-surface lipoprotein Psa (Eijkelkamp,

A fifteen year old boy abruptly became ill; he experienced fatigue, headaches, tingling limbs, weakness, and weight loss. The only information provided stated that he had been using an acne cream prescribed by a dermatologist as well as an over the counter “beauty cream” to deal with skin irritation. The doctors could not find the reason for the boy’s illness, but interestingly a heavy metal was found in the boy’s urine. What could possibly be the heavy metal and could it have caused such a severe reaction? The objective was to find the cause behind the sudden sickness of this 15 year old boy.

For children working in the gold mining industry in Western Africa, they are among the worst forms of child labor because of the long-term health consequences from constant exposure to dust, toxic chemicals, and heavy manual labor. A PBS news article states, “ The list of documented ills for child labor in Western Africa includes permanent lung damage caused by inhaling pulverized minerals, muscular and skeletal injuries, hearing loss, accidental blinding, and mercury poisoning with its attendant neurological damage (PBS News). In western Africa while the children are at their work base there’s a possibility of catching permanent lung cancer from inhaling in pulverized minerals. Children health can’t be ignored any longer than it already has been. The next major problem is the physical and psychological effects the children have.

A p value < 100 g/L, 28.8% of the subjects had anemia. The prevalence of IDA ranged from 0%-3.4%. Decreased serum zinc ranged from 44.8%-63.1%. After 6 months of supplementation with iron alone or iron plus zinc, hgb levels rose.

Zinc - Zinc has been found culpable in inhibiting the inflammatory response thus it is being investigated as a possible treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on a double-blind study, 24 patients were given supplementation of zinc and their symptoms are reduced significantly. However, there are also several studies that zinc doesn’t provide any significant improvement. The possible explanation for this is zinc supplementation is effective for only mild and moderately severe rheumatoid arthritis.

An immune response is the body’s way to fight off foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, and Zinc aids in this by boosting immunity in T and B cell differentiation (helper T cells and B cells antibodies) and cell division for growth and repair (thicker skin). By blocking viruses and supporting immune function, Zinc reduces susceptibility to and the severity of diseases and infections like the common cold. Zinc is taken in oral forms in zinc lozenges to reduce the severity of a cold and prevent recurrences. This vital mineral functions as an antioxidant, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory. Those who have deficiencies face insufficiencies of immunity and immune function and prone to infection and disease. Zinc deficiencies affect helper T cells, decreasing gene expression of cytokines in white blood cells and causing receptors to not activate (Prasad, 2008). Additionally, zinc plays a role in the regulation of decreased activation of genes in cancer cells (promyelocytic leukemia) and other tumor cells. In supplementation, these antioxidant properties lower oxidative stress and minimize inflammatory cytokines. Like with other vitamins and minerals, zinc deficiencies are on a continuum of severe to mild to optimal levels within which cell-mediated immune dysfunction can occur in moderate or severe cases. In deficiencies, there are declines in NK cells (natural killers) neutrophils and interleukin-2, which is a protein responsible for the production of white blood cells or leukocytes (cells in the immune system). Other cells, like cytokines, macrophages, and lymphocytes (T and B cells), are affected, as well as the body's ability to prevent free radical damage. The major implications of zinc deficiency are that they can lead to parasitic, viral, and bacterial infections from immune dysfunctions and ultimately

It is expensive because analysis, allocation and absorption of overheads require considerable amount of additional work.