In the 1900s, legal researcher erin brockovich win a lawsuit against pacific gas and electric company because it had been poisoning the water in the small town of hinkley, california, for thirty years. toxic chromium 6 leached into the water system and sickened many hinkley residents with ailments like liver damage and cancer. how would the illnesses of the hinkley residents be classified?

Explain the correlation between industrialization and urban areas

Which statement is not true about the missouri compromise? 1.) slave owners could pursue escaped slaves into “free” regions. 2.) maine entered the union as a free state. 3.) slavery was allowed throughout the louisiana territory. 4.) missouri entered the union as a slave state.

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.