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fahad

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The leading environmental cause of death is _______.
 
  a. hurricanes and tsunamis
  b. chemical poisoning
  c. cooking stoves
  d. cars
  e. earthquakes

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A traveler in Jakarta, Indonesia, witnessed a very interesting practice of ethnomedicine designed to lower blood pressure and relieve pain. What was it?
 
  a. They were bathing in Coca Cola, allowing the seltzer to bubble around their bodies.
  b. They were laying on train tracks to sense small electric charges.
  c. They were eating various types of local insects believed to be therapeutic.
  d. They were covering themselves in manure and then sun-bathing.
  e. They were bathing in aspirin dissolved in gasoline.


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krakiolit

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

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b


fahad

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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:D TYSM

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