Drugs In The Sea Summary

Since 2008, synthetic drugs have created a trend that both authorities and health care officials are struggling to contain. Right here in the Southern Tier, Bath Salts have become the biggest drug issue in Steuben County.

“Can you imagine being in a small concrete enclosure for your life when you’re used to swimming 100 miles a day?” This is how captive dolphins live everyday, their natural habitat is swimming miles and miles in the ocean. When they get captured their lives change for the worse. In the past decade Seaworld and captive animals has been a controversial subject. Many people believe the keeping orca whales captive is damaging to the animal and affects them in a negative way. Others believe Seaworld is used to rescue animals and save them. The treatment of animals in captivity is cruel and should be stopped. Keeping animals captive is an appalling punishment.

An average of 30,000 people visit SeaWorld Parks in the United States yearly, however, many of the visitors are unaware of the secrets the parks hide right in front of their eyes. SeaWorld is a popular theme park and marine zoological park with locations in Florida, Texas, and California. They host hundreds of types of marine life and their most popular being their orca whales. Only, these whales, dolphins, and other animals face many challenges in the captivity of the parks. Many of the original animals were taken from their natural home just to become another one of the parks’ pet fish. The whales, dolphins, walruses, and other animals are forced to breed and they become sick and injured too easily in their artificial habitat causing them to die earlier than they inherently should. They, also, pose a threat to the staff and trainers of the park during training and shows. So, the world needs to ban together to condemn Seaworld parks and their dangerous habits across the globe.

Pharmaceuticals are defined as prescription, over the counter and veterinary therapeutic drugs used to prevent or treat human and animal diseases, while personal care products (PCPs) are used mainly to improve the quality of daily life [16]. Over the past few years, there has been growing awareness of the unintentional presence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in various compartments of the aquatic environment at concentrations capable of causing detrimental effects to the aquatic organisms. This has become a major concern because PPCPs are extensively and increasingly used in human and veterinary medicine, resulting in their continuous release to the environment.

SeaWorld. We’ve all heard of it. First the spectacular shows and mesmerising performances of marine animal and men. Then the truth; years later. The torture of animals and the small confinement that these animals have been forced to live in, Orcas that were “...confined to a tank containing 0.0001 percent of the quantity of water that he would traverse in a single day in nature.” High death rates and big behavioural changes in the animals that have never been seen in the wild. Several that have caused death of other animals and humans.

The audience I aim to appeal and to inform would be college aged students (male and female alike) of the United States, namely in the age range of 18 to 25. This demographic of people are generally located anywhere in the United States. Many of these people are mostly working part time retail/food industry jobs or internships for many of the people do not have time to balance school and an actual full time job. College is often pricey, so this essay would be targeting namely those in the lower-middle to higher class. Because this demographic is attending school, all of these people have at least some college education. As for religious and sexual preferences, any and every type is present within this demographic.

SeaWorld rescues and saves over 27,000 sea animals each year. That is a lot of sea animals that are given a second chance at life. What do you think would happen if SeaWorld was not allowed to help these animals and take them in? They wouldn’t be saved and would die a suffery death. Sea animals should be allowed to be held in aquariums and marine parks (captivity).

This article presents a great example of just how dangerous the mexican drug problem has gotten. Last week, one of two drug raids carried out by Mexican military resulted in a armored gunship killing eight of the suspects. Commanders performing the operation explained that the helicopter was unleashed in order to reduce the number of civilian casualties that are usually caused by street gunfights. The drug cartels have tremendous influence in many of the cities in Mexico and often cause violent conflict between themselves and the Mexican authorities. That being said, it is still quite rare to see a force of weaponry like a military gunship unleashed in an urban area such as this one. The other raid took place next to the cities airport and resulted in 4 suspects dead of the same gang. One of these suspects was later found to be tied to an attack on Mexican army troops last September, which killed five and left ten injured.

There are many differing theories as to why the United States chose to invade Panama. Some historians claim it was a primarily prompted to the continuation against the threat of communism. It is hard to take into account since the threat was considerably weakened by this point. Others maintain that the goal was protection of both the citizens and democracy, without any additional motives. If that was the case, the United States would have been inclined to carry out the invasion much earlier, even shortly after he took power. A belief is also circulated that Noriega’s drug trafficking and disregard for international agreements led to the invasion. Again, Noriega had been involved in drug trafficking for years and the U.S. chose to ignore his

While most people were gathering their torches and sharpening their pitch-forks, set on destroying the oceans equivalent of a troll, those of a different nature began to group together and invest countless amounts of time and money to learn more about them. In the wake of Jaws, a whole constellation of dedicated shark research programs were begun or renewed. This resulted in numerous scientific conferences to allow researchers to share their results and collaborate on more ambitious projects. Rather than putting their prime focus on shark attacks, these meetings concentrated on shark systematics, physiology, life history, ecology, fisheries management and conservation. It is doubtful that this much fascination, be it fearful or curious, and funding would have had been available to support modern shark research had it not been for Jaws.

Cancer or the big C as it is commonly referred to by laymen is a scary word for people to hear or discuss. The exact cause of cancer is unknown, but is believed to be caused by many elements, including diet, chemicals, tobacco, radiation, and mutations that occur in the human body, as well as defective cells and genes. Experts know that cancer requires oxygen and nutrients to grow more cancer cells. The paper will explore the concept of angiogenesis, what it is, and how it impacts cancer, along with exploring activators and inhibitors to stop the growth of cancer. Natural products will be reviewed to highlight any potential value in eliminating and reducing the risks of getting any type of cancer.

She was forty when SeaWorld killed her. Dawn Brancheau took blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and torso before drowning. The SeaWorld trainer died doing what she loved, which was interacting with orcas. The killer whale, Tilikum, attacked her.

The American Drug Society course has taught me many things. I have never had a class about drugs before, especially being able to discuss the topic so freely. I was capable of relating some lectures to my family. My family has had problems with alcoholism and drugs. I thought it was really interesting to see how an in class lecture relates to many people within the classroom and outside. In this class, I have learned about many different topics; for example, party drugs, marijuana, war on drugs, the impact of drugs in society, and liquor. Over all I really enjoyed learning about crack and coke, alcoholism, and drug treatment.

Chlorophyll-a is a specific form of Chlorophyll, used in oxygenic photosynthesis. Measurement and determination of this parameter are the basic analysis to evaluate the characteristics of algae blooms in many research works in the world. Unfortunately, Chlorophyll-a represents just the whole quantity of photosynthesis pigment released from all algae and micro-plants present in water, hence it cannot help to distinguish cyanobacteria existence among all living micro plants and algae in the waterbody. To be able to define and confirm the existence of Cyanobacteria species in the composition of aquatic microalgae, another pigment form, Phycocyanin, is used. Phycocyanin is the pigment, which differs cyanobacteria species from another planktonic species, and could give us a real picture of quantity of cyanobacterial genera in the water. Phycocyanin is actually a pigment-protein complex from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin. It is considered as an accessory pigment to

Concentrations of pharmaceuticals and acesulfame detected in Sydney estuary water were generally lower than for other marine/estuary waters and considerably lower than typical waste water (dilution factors up to 1000) reported in the literature, how- ever propranolol, fluoxetine, iopromide and carbamazepine were at similar levels to other marine locations. Generally low concen- trations of pharmaceuticals in Sydney estuary water are expected as none of these chemicals should be dispersed to this water