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The Effects of Overpopulation on Our Environment

The rapid growth of our population now enters in the portal of social problem. It is now becoming as one of the predicaments that endangered our environment. If this dilemma cannot be given due attention then there is really a great probability that human existence and the natural surroundings will be devastated. While there is still time to prevent this ...

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Peek: Developing Countries and Factory Animal Farming

Large-scale, industrial animal agriculture is a very profitable use of an under-developed nations’ lands. Nonetheless, few in the underdeveloped populace tend to share in agricultural commodity markets; historically, there are either subsistence farmers or large-scale corporations who often trade in international markets with little local benefit. Modern meat-growing methods increase natural resource use as well as cause environmental pollution.  The ...

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Factory Farms – Disease Affects to Humans & Environment

Increased Human Health Risks Humans have traditionally, and unsatisfactorily, been sentinels of low-grade infections in zoonotic livestock DZs; preventive measures, such as sampling and control strategies, may be curbed during intense agriculture (Agr) resulting in larger, sudden, human DZ outbreaks which shall also taint surrounding localities. Newly urbanized zones, forced migrations & refugee camps, where populations are in turmoil, intensify ...

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Vitamin Deficiency Diseases increase with monocropping

Loss of Food Security and Vitamin Stability Due to Industrial Agricultural Practices Human population growth and urbanization trends make industrial agricultural methods and monocropping (re-planting the same crop of circulating very few crops), very profitable; however, they negatively impact surrounding ecosystems and are of low quality. Sustenance agriculture is being replaced by the demand & profit of industrialized, factory methods ...

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Note – Tastes for meat challenge food security

Threats From Flux in Nutrition Principles Due to Industrialization Historically, per-capita meat intake is increasing due to profit-driven international food industries, most of which are based in founding high-volume, high-calorie, inexpensive but low-quality diets. While there are gains in overall world health due to increased protein availability, these gains are offset by diseases resulting from excess meat consumption by an ...

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Risks of Disease due to Ecosystem Shifts

LACK OF CONTROL OR SENTINELS — Wildlife, bush-meat and subsistence livestock largely interact without veterinarian services, surveillance, or DZ transmission modeling in the developing world. More likely to propagate in areas where humanitarian deployments occur, these factors pose unknown infectious threats to aid workers and military assistance CLIMATIC CHANGES AND MIGRATIONS facilitate biotic shifts and evolutions in microbes and vectors; ...

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The Effects Of Environmental Degradation

One of the biggest threats that the environment faces today is environmental degradation. This degradation is taking place at a frightening rate. However, many of you must be wondering what is environmental degradation. It is a process where the natural environment is so severely affected that the biodiversity of the region is adversely affected. It is basically the deterioration of ...

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The Importance of Boundaries, Part 1 – Physical & Emotional

Boundaries are important. Most people don’t understand boundaries. Mostly, this is because they don’t have any themselves, so they feel insulted when someone else does. Boundaries allow you to define your space-mentally, physically, emotionally. Boundaries keep you from becoming overwhelmed, overpowered, and can help you remain calm, centered and healthy. Boundaries also keep you safe. Physical Boundaries Most people have ...

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Humus – Organic Soil and the Ecosystem

A healthy soil is one that is rich in nutrients and life, it is the building block of any organic garden. Soil is complex and a delicate ecosystem all in its own. A complex community of organisms, that convert a large variety of inactive organic materials into the essential nutrients plants need to thrive. Chemical fertilisers can destroy these organisms ...

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Fun Summer Activities For Kids – Family Friendly Things to Do in the Okanagan Valley Canada

Atlantis Water Slides In the city of Vernon BC. Atlantis is the Okanagan’s largest outdoor water slide park. Located just 5 km north of the city of Vernon, Atlantis has 10 water slides, and a fun tube ride called the River Riot. There’s also a gift shop and concession stand, a hot tub, mini-golf, arcade, and a large open picnic ...

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