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    Effects of Flouride Fifty-five years ago they told us that in order to have healthy teeth, we needed to have one part fluoride in each million parts of water. That's the same as one milligram of fluoride per liter -- about one-quarter milligram per 8-ounce cup. There is ample evidence that fluoride is harmful to health: that is why it has been banned or discontinued in 21 European countries, Japan and Hawaii. A major report ordered by Congress in January 1990 from the U.S. government's National

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    Over many years lava started filling craters,”according to USGS.GOV. Volcanoes are an important part of nature. Mount St. Helens was like a small nuclear bomb. ‘After the eruption the volcano was 8,360 on one side and the other side of the mountain was gone or some people say it disappeared,”according to Howstuffworks. That was one of the biggest volcano eruption. Lava is an important part of nature because it puts nutrients that it never had. The plants grow better than they were before

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    Mt. Etna erupted on the 3rd of December, 2015. Sicilians were not damaged by this explosion of magma and rock. However, many scientists are bamboozled by where the magma comes from, with many theories. Mt. Etna is one of the most active volcanoes and its most recent eruption was a violent but unharming one. Early in the morning of December 3rd, 2015, Mount Etna erupted. The eruption was short but powerful. People on the island of Sicily woke up to see magma shooting out of the top of the volcano

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    Would you move to mars? In the Scope magazine, by Scholastic explains how NASA, the National Aeronautics and space Administration has been working towards a goal of sending humans to Mars for more than 50 years. No, I would never want to move to Mars. There are many reasons why I do not want to move to Mars because air is not breathable, have to spend all your time in a space suit, and doesn’t have enough oxygen. As the article said, “Mars is a dangerous place. The air is not breathable-it doesn’t

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    part of the continent averages 1.2 miles thick”. (Redd) The eastern part of the continent is colder than the western part, because the elevation is higher on the the eastern side. Even though it’s a cold place, there are still volcanoes in Antarctica. Out of the many volcanoes there, Mount Erebus is the tallest and most active. It’s last eruption was in 2011. (Redd) Another active volcano is the Deception Island volcano, which is off the Antarctic Peninsula. Deception Island is a common tourist attraction

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    Indonesia is a country that is described as having a beautiful scenery and is a gorgeous place to live. This does not mean that something with a beautiful scenery does not have any flaws that come with it. Indonesia consists of a group of islands located in Southeast Asia and is between the Indian and the Pacific Ocean. The proper language that is spoken is known as Indonesian or “Bahasa Indonesian”. This is the most common language that is spoken in Indonesia; but is not the only one that is used

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    Global warming has become a well conversed topic among scientists and peoples in the world today. There are extremists who do everything possible to stop contributing to the warming, but the average person does little to alleviate the issue and in many cases refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem at all. Dating back to millions of years ago, even before humanity was born, the world has always experienced one form or another of warming; so the warming seen today is not as bizarre as many may

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    In the beginning, there was nothing except for fiery lava. Nothing was alive on the earth, there was nothing in general, no water, trees, animals, and definitely no humans to be in sight. There was only a god, a giant rock with lava covering it, and an idea about not being lonely. The god’s name was Jebidiah and he was extremely lonely and needed a spouse. It was impossible to make a spouse for himself because there was no solid ground and no oxygen as well. So the god had an idea, he would make

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    Some volcanoes cause tons of hot lava, poisonous gas, and ash that has the ability to travel hundreds of miles, destroying businesses, homes, animals, people, and frankly everything in its path, some volcanoes can erupt and leave nothing behind. On the other hand, there are eruptions that are mild and have minor eruptions which do not cause such harm as the major eruptions. When a volcano erupts the gases, vapors, and ash is injected into the stratosphere and forms a veil. The effect of the volcanic

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    Pompeii was a old Roman town located in Campania Italy, that was covered completely by volcanic ash. The reasons for this event were the conditions of mount Vesuvius, location of Pompeii and the people, and the preserved leftovers of the eruption. Pompeii was a Roman city that was established in the 8th century B.C. It was located 5 miles from Mount Vesuvius. Many of the citizens were wealthy and had beautiful houses and fancy villas. There was an estimated 20,000 people living there full of slaves

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