Potassium is one of the major electrolytes (together with sodium, chloride and magnesium) that conducts electricity in the human body. It also plays important roles in muscle contraction, nerve impulse transmission, and in maintaining the balance of fluids in the body.
The first modern usage of the specific term social justice is typically attributed to Catholic thinkers from the 1840s, including the Jesuit Luigi Taparelli in CiviltÃ  Cattolica, based on the work of St. Thomas Aquinas.
The Definition of Environmental Justice. Although the origin of the environmental justice movement is traced to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Robert Bullardâs work entitled Dumping in Dixie published in the 1990âs is considered to be the first book addressing the reality of environmental injustice.owever, in the 1980âs a transition took place which would give rise to the environmental justice movement as an extension of the Civil Rights movement. This shift took place under the designation of âenvironmental activismâ (DD, 29).