Growing problems

The Clean Air Act and its amendments were enacted to deal with Uie growing problem of air pollution. The purposes of the Clean Air Act are to ... 

Continuous monitoring of rotor casing vibration, bearing temperatures, and the expander inlet/outlet temperatures. Problems can be either instantaneous or slow-growing. Instantaneous problems occur during startup, upset, and shutdown, and are easy to note. Slow-growing problems can creep up and are almost... 

The consequence of this inappropriate materials selection is the squandering of natural resources that characterises the industrialised nations of the world, coupled with a growing problem of waste disposal. Control is certainly necessary to prevent the uncontrolled dumping of these non-degradable polymers in the environment. Arguably control is also needed to prevent these kinds of material being fabricated into barely serviceable items in the first place. 

This article highlights the growing problem of plastics waste disposal and then investigates modes of polymer degradation - thermal, chemical, mechanical, photodegradation, bio-degradation, solvolysis andglycerolysis. 4 refs. 

Borrelia burgdorferi 1.44/1637 (43)2) Lyme disease - transmitted to humans by infected deer ticks. This disease is a growing problem... 

A natural balance 86 Growing problems 88 Plant diseases 90 Plant pests 92 Keeping the garden healthy 96 The gardener s friends 100 Organic pest control... 

Noise pollution is a growing problem in urban areas choose a hand-powered mower or a quieter power model. Mow with consideration for neighbors. 

Cabello FC (2006) Heavy use of prophylactic antibiotics in aquaculture a growing problem for human and animal health and for the environment. Environ Microbiol 8(7) 1137-1144... 

In light of the growing problem of multidrug resistance in malaria parasites in the 1970s, several well known anthraquinone antibiotics... 

Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Prescription Medicine Misuse and Abuse A Growing Problem. Available online at http //www. drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/Features/Prescription Medicine Misuse. Accessed June 2,2006. 

The law focused new attention to the growing problem of abuse of prescription drugs. It gave responsibility for enforcement to the U.S. Attorney General, with help from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on determining the appropriate classification of drugs. A new agency... 

Congress passes the Harrison Narcotics Act to control the use of opiates and cocaine for strict medical purposes and deal with the growing problem of addiction. 

ENDS (2003) Growing problems Endocrine disruptors under the spotlight , The ENDS Report, no 336, pp20-23... 

Around that same time, the growing problem of alcohol abuse began to be confronted by the pioneers of modern medicine. In the United States, Benjamin Rush published an Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits on the Human Body and Mind. He referred to the intemperate use of distilled spirits as a disease, not a moral failing. He also estimated that at least 4,000 people a year were dying due to alcohol abuse—this at a time when the nation s population was only about 6 million. 

Drug abuse is a rapidly growing problem worldwide. 

This drug is produced legally in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. It is frequently smuggled into the country disguised as vitamins or in its original packaging as cold medicine. Flunitrazepam is not approved in the United States, but is has been used widely in Texas, and is readily available in Miami, Florida, where it is a growing problem. 

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