.... as 1932, the dangers of asbestos were known by the industry that produced it. It was in this year that the British first documented the occupational hazards of asbestos dust inhalation. In 1935, there was correspondence between the editor of the trade journal Asbestos and Summer Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan. This correspondence consisted of the editor asking permission to print an article about the dangers of asbestos inhalation. Written on September 25, 1935, the message read Always you have requested that for certain obvious reasons we publish nothing [about the health hazards of asbestos], and naturally your wishes hav .....

.... is causing much coruption among companies and politicians which is only fooling the economy. It is estimated that the federal government spent an estimated $104 billion on subsidies, giveaways and tax breaks for favored industries. not only takes money and makes for an unbalanced budget but also causes areas such as school lunches, public broadcasting and poor women with children, to be cut while corporated welfare goes untouched. For example, it has been porved by Friends of the Earth and the National Taxpayers Untion Foundation that 34 corporate subsidies were "both wastedful and environmentally destructive." In most of the wester .....

.... than 120 million annually for veterinary fees and medications for dogs. Approximately 65% of all dog food sales are made in supermarkets, which provide 25% gross profit margin to the retailer. Typically, all pet foods are located in one area of the store, separate from human foods. III. COMPETITION There are about 1,000 dog food manufacturers in the United States. Ralston Purina, Carnation, Mars, Heinz, Quaker Oats, and Grand Met USA, together capture 83% of all supermarket sales. Traditionally, dog food comes in five forms: Canned, Dry, Soft-Dry, Moist, and Treats. The prices of these forms of food can range between, $.60 per ca .....

.... are greatly needed to help keep the unemployment rate down. There is really no negative side to creating jobs for the people of Ontario. From past years it can be noted that Ontario casinos are taking in great amounts of money annually. Casino Rama in Orillia took in 366.1 million2 last year and Casino Niagara had revenues of approximately 650.0 million3. Of those amounts the government will take two to four percent4 for funding programs. This funding goes towards such areas as agriculture, environment, fisheries, and aquaculture. If the funding was not from these casinos where would it come from, and would these mean the each of thes .....

.... be working. So in essence, an individual pays themselves to for housework. Also, the underground economy encompasses a considerable amount of the transactions in the economy. This underground economy consists of illicit transactions and the legal ones that cannot be traced. GDP does not include the ecological damage rendered every day by humanity. The pollution caused by everyday life such as trash and the pollution caused by factories and such all damper the economic standings of a nation. While several immeasurable items are left out of the calculation of GDP, a few things are included that do not necessarily need top be. When a .....

.... Iowa in 1940 making just $75 per month. In 1945, Sam borrowed $5,000 from his wife and $20,000 from his wife's family to open a Ben Franklin five and dime franchise in Newport, Arkansas. In 1950, he relocated to Bentonville, Arkansas and opened a Walton 5&10. Over the next 12 years they built up and grew to 15 Ben Franklin Stores under the name of Walton 5&10. Sam had plenty of new ideas. He liked to deal with the suppliers directly so he could pass the savings on to the customers. He later brought a new idea to Ben Franklin management that they should open discount stores in small towns. They rejected his idea. The First of 3054 .....

.... government owns the two-thirds of the forestland and has materialised her plans i.e. to replace the trees that were destroyed during World War II. About 2.9 million cu m of timber were annually cut in the late 80's and approximately the 75% of the harvest was hardwood. Fish exports are limited because of the widespread consumption of fish products within Greece. However in recent years thousands of tons of fish are exported each year, due to the ever increasing development of fish farms in the country. In the late 80's the annual catch totalled 135000 tons, from which 80% was consumed within Greece. Sponges are the main marine product expor .....

.... schools are now reproducing social classes. Those children born into poor families and neighborhoods usually begin their school career at a steep disadvantage. Public schools that are run down and lack sufficient funding or other key resources like good teachers are endemic to these lower income areas. The idea of class reproduction, or the correspondence principle, is obviously present in education. As mentioned above, differences between schools and school districts exist. In his article on the inequalities of public education in New York, Kozol describes an elementary school in North Bronx where 63 children share an average s .....

.... over 6,000 volunteers. Each of these volunteers donate their valuable time to Consumer Alert for the sole reason of upholding high ethics within the American marketplace. Anyone can become a member. The only qualification is that the individual have a distinct and strong faith in competitive enterprise, a healthy skepticism of government solutions, a dislike of government related monopolies, labor, or business, and be in the favor of safe technology, free trade, smaller government and lower taxes. We found that to become a member, all it would take is $35 and a mailed in request to their office in Washington. Consumer Alert depends on .....

.... when the Postal Service was losing vast amounts of money in the long run. But since the Postal Service is a necessity for America, the government had to subsidize the service in order for it to continue in operation. In 1979 the United States Postal Service had a cash flow of $22.5 Billion and was additionally receiving $176 million from investing(#1, Intro). Even with this added revenue the Postal Service was still greatly under funded on its own (#1, Intro). During this time it was discussed to privatize the postal service and introduce competition because of the extreme losses that the service was experiencing. A positive argument for pr .....