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Plastic is an amazing invention around the world, it is light, cheap, and convenient. Nowadays, it can be used in most areas in our daily life. However, sometimes it is not good for us. How many plastic products we use every year, how much we produce, how much we waste and how dangerous these will…

In the past few years, we, the people, have been talking more and more about the environmental issues we are facing, as well as climate change. Some have taken action to combat these issues, such as reducing the amount of energy and polluting products they use, reusing certain products to lessen waste, and recycling materials…

Our extent use of plastic is rapidly rising to become one earth’s biggest concerns. Because plastic has always been so cheap and convenient, we have come to a point where this magical piece of technology has invaded our world with more plastic than we can imagine. As we continue to grow as a population, so…

Scrap Industry is the second but important part of the puzzle for Ocean cleanup. As the news of new grant from U.S. State Department for support of new incubator network for Ocean Protection spreads, the Scrap industry feels the greens of it all over. Circulate and SecondMuse are leading the effort with Ocean Conservancy and…

Marine Debris Marine debris, specifically in the plastic form, has been found in every ocean basin and have a wide range of impacts on the marine world. One of the most critical issues is ingestion of plastic debris, specifically microplastics. Mesopelagic species migrate to the surface waters to feast on their main prey species, Zooplankton,…

Advertisement is used everywhere today. We see it in magazines, on TV, newspapers, billboards, schools, and social media. Companies use ads to build people’s interest in buying a certain product. When creating advertisements companies use strategies such as fonts, actions, color, and stereotypes, culture views to appeal to the audience’s eye in hopes of drawing…

It’s Christmas day and you receive a gift from a good friend. It’s wrapped in beautiful gold wrapping paper, with a red bow on top. It has a tag with your name on it and says thank you for being such a great friend. You are excited and anxious, and you rip it open. It’s…

There are nine out ten of all longer cancers deaths. Smoking is caused that more women pass over from lung cancers than breast cancer. Smoking additionally causes 8 out of 10 deaths from COPD; it increases hazard for ending lives in men and women (Fiorini, Musskopf, Oppermann, & Susin, 2014). It is a primary preventable…

Introduction Thirdhand smoke (THS) consists of residual tobacco smoke chemicals that persist in the environment (Matt et al., 2011). If non-smokers encounter THS, they can be exposed to tobacco-related chemicals that are still present even after the smoking has ceased (Matt et al., 2011). There is undeniable evidence that involuntary smoking is harmful to nonsmokers….

Introduction Tobacco usage takes millions of lives annually worldwide with 488,000 deaths annually in the US alone. The healthcare cost of tobacco usage is estimated at $300 billion dollars annually (Dennis 2015). The number of smokers in the world are expected to rise to 1.8 billion by 2020. Although people know the health risks of…