... death for people with respiratory diseases such as asthma, and worsens with health of people suffering from cardiac or pulmonary disease (McMichael, Woodruff 2006). Heat waves are projected to increase causing more illnesses including heat stress, kidney disease, and heat strokes. Northeastern cities only have a few days where it gets 90+ degrees, but soon they will have to deal with more hot days when ... the temperature gets over 100+ degrees. This can cause city dwellers "urban heat island effect". Higher temperatures in the United States have been linked to longer allergenic ragweed...

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... is the construction of buildings and household utensils. 3. Aluminum is non magnetic so it is used in marine magnetic compasses, computer disks etc. 4. It is highly reflective of light, heat and electric waves. The purer the metal the higher the reflectivity gets. 5. It is a good electric conductor. 6. Aluminum is non toxic and odorless. Its surface is hygienic because no germs can grow ... on it. 7. It is Strong at low temperatures. While steel becomes brittle at low temperatures aluminum increases in strength. 8. Good heat conductor, about three times that of steel. 9. Easy to recycle...

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... cut open a patient's chest or abdomen, doctors can now insert a slender needle through the skin and destroy the tissue with heat, cold, or alcohol. Once the needle has reached the target area, doctors can create a burst of radio waves that produce enough heat to actually "cook" the tumor or tissue. Other similar techniques include the use of probes that freeze tumors (cryosurgery), destroy ... ...

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... more fission reactions until all the material is scattered, or completely exhausted. This process releases enormous amounts of energy in the form of extreme heat and a massive shock wave. These nuclear explosions, in addition to their pressure waves, high winds, and flash burns, produce deadly radiation that contaminates soil and water, and destroyed living matter. The atomic bomb was first created in ... ...

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