Essays on Everyday Dangers

Technology has become a big part in today’s society, which has led to more and more people giving their attention to a cell phone rather than the road. Texting while driving caused severe injuries in over 330,000 car accidents. Even though technology is everywhere, it...

Road Rage is a rather new research paper topic. The daily stress of driving in traffic has increased due to more road construction projects. The drivers must slow down to merge into one lane or come to a complete stop due to heavy traffic. Aggressive...

A hazard is an agent which has the potential to cause harm to a vulnerable target. In this case, the “vulnerable target” is the children in the early years setting. Reducing hazards is an important issue because young children explore their world with all their...

Have you ever wondered what would happen during a nuclear fallout? If just 100 nuclear weapons were dropped from the skies? If that day ever came, an estimated 14,535,000 people, roughly 2 percent of the world’s population would perish from the blasts with no remains...

A slip and fall accident refers to situations when someone slips, trips or falls as a result of a dangerous or hazardous condition on someone else’s property. It includes falls as a result of water, ice or snow, as well as abrupt changes in flooring,...

Boerger, Christiana M., Gwendolyn L. Lattin, Shelly L. Moore, and Charles J. Moore, “Plastic Ingestion by Planktivorous Fishes in the North Pacific Central Gyre,” Marine pollution bulletin 60, no. 12 (2010): 2275-2278. The history of plastics according to this paper dates back to the mid-1800...

The book Reviving Ophelia, by Mary Pipher, PH.D., is described as “An eye-opening look at the everyday dangers of being young and female, and how adults can help.” The main points of this book are to teach the world that growing up as an adolescent...

To put it briefly, giving a cat an orange is dangerous. Fortunately, cats never eat oranges aggressively, so do not worry unless your owner only gives it. There are several reasons why a cat does not seem to have eaten orange. First, cats are carnivores,...

Pollution, a simple word which is hunting down the world with its intricating web. Last year, 14 billion pounds (6B Kg.) of garbage was dumped into the ocean. Most of it is plastic. Americans make up 5% of the world’s population, and yet, produce 30%...

Summer is coming and with it, the time to open the windows. This way of cooling the interior of the vehicle, useful at low speeds and for the detractors of air conditioning, can also entail some dangers that we do not always consider. It is...

Metal poisoning or metal toxicity is the harmful effects caused due to specific metals in specific forms. It is a common misconception that all toxic metals are heavy metals but even lighter metals like Beryllium is listed as Category 1 Carcinogens by The International Agency...