A lightweight splint used for immobilizing fractured or injured extremities. It is usually an inflatable cylinder, open at both ends, that becomes rigid when inflated, thus preventing the part confined in the cylinder from moving. Synonym: blow-up splint; inflatable splint.
In fact, a growing body of data indicates that fracking is an environmental and public health disaster in the making. However, the true toll of fracking does not end there. Frackingâs negative impacts on our environment and health come with heavy âdollars and centsâ costs as well.
- People are constantly being affected by tsunamis, cyclones, earthquakes, floods and fires, and these are all caused by the environment. Humans affect the environment with: - pollution-deforestation, which puts many animals out of their homes.- mining, fishing, drilling for oil, and deforestation are some things that we do that can upset the whole balance of the environment.hey can pollute our environment and can destroy the nature and the animals. They can also improve things. Create fertile land where none existed for instance. Human activities that damage the environment: Burning fossil fuel is damaging the environment which producing carbon dioxide that makes global warming.