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The reaction is informally termed Asian flush due to its frequent occurrence in East Asians, with approximately 30 to 50% of Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans showing characteristic physiological responses to drinking alcohol that includes facial flushing, nausea, headaches and a fast heart rate.
Alcohol flush reaction is a condition in which an individual's face or body experiences flushes (appears red) or blotches as a result of an accumulation of acetaldehyde, a metabolic byproduct of the catabolic metabolism of alcohol. It is best known as a condition that is experienced by people of Asian descent.
Short title: Situation analysis of out-of-school children in nine southeast Asian countries; 2017; Image title: TH/C3/EISD/17/014-500; Author: UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific
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Background Chlorine and caustic soda are produced at chlor-alkali plants using mercury cells or the increasingly popular membrane technology that is mercury free and more energy-
The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF has defined improved sanitation as follows: flush toilet, [4] connection to a piped sewer system, connection to a septic system, flush/pour-flush to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet and/or some special ...
Burns began serving on the local Foster Care Advisory Board in 2006 and has taken in 36 teen foster children. [3] In 2007, Burns started the charity The Teen Project . [ 4 ] The charity works with girls out of foster care and victims of sex trafficking by providing drug treatment and life-skills education. [ 5 ]
If villagers do not know about alternative toilet options (like urine-diverting dry toilets or composting toilets), and are not told about these options by the facilitators of the CLTS process, they may opt for pour flush pit latrines even in situations where groundwater pollution is a significant problem. [citation needed]