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Periodic table of the elements

2007-10-08T20:10:15Z

Bushlover2:

:''This page is over '''elements'''. Elements are a key component of the [[atom|Atomic theory]]. Atoms are theory, '''not a fact'''. Information presented in this article should be critically interpreted and taken with an open mind. There are true challenges to this debated theory including the [[intelligent matter]] theory''.

The '''periodic table of the elements''' is a diagrammatic tool to illustrate the scientific [[theory]] of [[periodicity]] in [[chemistry]], in which the [[element]]s have similar properties based on their position on the table. For example, the elements on the left of the table are all [[metal]]s. The table has a lot of predictive power, although there are many exceptions to the periodic properities.

The periodic table was first developed by [[Russia|Russian]] [[chemistry|chemist]] [[Dimitri Mendeleev]]. Its layout accurately arranges elements by their [[electron]] configuration, atomic number, and chemical properties. Using the structure he created, Mendeleev predicted the existance and properties of several yet-undiscovered elements; when those elements were discovered, his estimates proved to be quite accurate.

[[Image:Periodic_table.jpg|thumb|center|750px|Periodic Table of the Elements]]
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[[Image:Aqw.jpg|center|thumb|750px|circular periodic table]]

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Malaria

2007-10-08T20:07:10Z

Bushlover2:

'''Malaria''' is a tropical [[disease]] spread by the [[mosquito]]. The best way to eradicate malaria is by using an [[insecticide]] called [[DDT]]. <ref>"Sprayed just once or twice a year on the walls of houses, this powerful repellant keeps most mosquitoes from entering; irritates those that do come in, so they don't bite; and kills any that land." [http://www.aim.org/guest_column/5456_0_6_0_C/ Pro-malaria forces resurface at WHO] - Paul Driessen - May 15, 2007 - [[Accuracy in Media]] </ref>
Unfortunately for sub-Saharan Africans and some Asians, the U.S. ban on DDT has made this cheap and safe chemical very difficult to obtain. This led to a renewed [[malaria epidemic]], and more than one million people die of malaria every year.

There is a controversy over malaria eradication. While most Americans are in favor of relieving third-world people of the scourge of preventable disease, several prominent white Westerners oppose anything that would lead to increases in population (see [[population control]]).
*[[Club of Rome]] founder [[Alexander King]] said, "My chief quarrel with DDT in hindsight is that it greatly added to the population problem."
*Oceanographer [[Jacques Cousteau]] told Novelle Observateur, "In order to stabilize world populations, we must eliminate 350,000 people a day." [http://www.aim.org/guest_column/5456_0_6_0_C/]

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