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Digital collection of resources for understanding and using critical concepts to characterize and respond to environmental injustice. 

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Rikers is not safe for inmates due to a varitey of factors, for example, the CO2 emissions, the extreme heat, flooding, the emissions from the landfill, the narrow road that doesn't always allow ambulances to pass. The stench is also disgusting. There are arguments for the closing of the jail and improvemements to how money is spent within society, as well as "efforts" to improve the condition of the jails.

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It is an international program with the following member states/countries and the year that they joined:

"1957: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Socialist Federal Rep. of Yugoslavia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

  • 1958: Belgium, Ecuador, Finland, Iran, Luxembourg, Mexico, Philippines, Sudan
  • 1959: Iraq
  • 1960: Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Senegal
  • 1961: Lebanon, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 1962: Liberia, Saudi Arabia
  • 1963: Algeria, Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, Syria, Uruguay
  • 1964: Cameroon, Gabon, Kuwait, Nigeria
  • 1965: Costa Rica, Cyprus, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar
  • 1966: Jordan, Panama
  • 1967: Sierra Leone, Singapore, Uganda
  • 1968: Liechtenstein
  • 1969: Malaysia, Niger, Zambia
  • 1970: Ireland
  • 1972: Bangladesh
  • 1973: Mongolia
  • 1974: Mauritius
  • 1976: Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania
  • 1977: Nicaragua
  • 1983: Namibia
  • 1984: China
  • 1986: Zimbabwe
  • 1992: Estonia, Slovenia
  • 1993: Armenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia
  • 1994: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Marshall Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen
  • 1995: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1996: Georgia
  • 1997: Latvia, Malta, Moldova
  • 1998: Burkina Faso
  • 1999: Angola, Benin
  • 2000: Tajikistan
  • 2001: Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Serbia
  • 2002: Eritrea, Botswana
  • 2003: Honduras, Seychelles, Kyrgyzstan
  • 2004: Mauritania
  • 2005: Chad
  • 2006: Belize, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique
  • 2007: Cabo Verde*
  • 2008: Nepal, Palau
  • 2009: Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Lesotho, Oman
  • 2011: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Tonga*
  • 2012: Dominica, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago
  • 2013: San Marino, Swaziland
  • 2014: Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Comoros*
  • 2015: Djibouti, Guyana, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados
  • 2016: Saint Lucia*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*The Gambia*, Turkmenistan"

Events on the calendar are located in a number of different countries from the above list. The headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.

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The Turkish culture associates "epillepsy" with mental retardation, so they usually refer to seizures as 'fainting". This can cause confusion when in a medical setting, as fainting and seizures are two different issues. The stories usually falled into one of five plot categories. The conditions were typically caused by a frightful experience, a childhood fever or injury, no apparent reason, chronic suffering, or an evil eye. These classifications help see trends and learn where improvements can be made.

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Miriam Ticktin is an associate professor of anthropology at The New School for Social Research, as well as the Co-Director of Zolberg Institute for Migration and Mobility. This indicates that she writes this article from an anthropologic perspective rather than with a biological or political viewpoint.

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Emergency response is the main idea in this article, but specifically that related to nuclear emergencies. An interesting point was made about the confidentiality of the plants and their "trade secrets" of sorts. While being transparent is helpful for safety reasons, it also reduced the profitability of the company, since other companies would be able to use their ideas. EMS knows a lot about respecting privacy through HIPPA, however it is also important to know the layout of important or potentially hazardous buildings within a response district. This would be a necessary compromise to make between the nuclear emergency response team and the nuclear leaders.