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As the western states of America were settled, pioneers often had to drink rancid water from ponds and other sources. This often resulted in chronic diarrhea, causing many cases of dehydration and death that could have been avoided if clean water had been available.
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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
This moose exploits the twigs and buds of woody plants for the food it needs to survive a cold north
Diversity in the United States
This photograph of a Union soldier just freed from Andersonville prison, stunned and enraged norther
From 1965 to 1968, American troops in Vietnam conducted “search and destroy” missions to shatter ...
Cold fronts
Major events in the storage, retrieval, and use of fuels in the fed and unfed states