Does buffering an aspirin decrease the risk of GI (gastrointestinal) bleeding associated with unbuffered aspirin use? To read this article in a long-established medical journal, you must register with the site. Registration is free. Use “aspirin” as your search term, and select the 1996 article called “ Risk of aspirin-associated major upper-gastrointestinal bleeding with enteric-coated or buffered product.” (
http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol348/iss9039/contents
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One more recent study, somewhat technical in nature, may be found at this web site. You may find others. (
http://www.medinet.lk/journals/ccp/vol-33-no11/how-safe.htm
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Liming Lakes, page 601
Throughout the Internet, you will find many web pages devoted to the topic of acid rain, many of which are biased based on political or other influences. Take note of the author(s) behind any sites you visit so you can assess the trustworthiness of the information you find.
For an international perspective on acid rain, its effects, and approaches to solving associated problems, visit this web site. Information about liming acidified lakes is accessible by clicking on the link “Acidification & Eutrophication,” and then selecting “Liming as a countermeasure” in the panel on the left. (
http://www.acidrain.org/
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This web site lists a variety of chemistry-based animations and movies. Scroll down to the Titration Movie for two different sets of moving pictures. (
http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html
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This web page is your portal to information about acid rain in general, and the effect of acid rain in Atlantic Canada in particular. (
http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/msc/as/as_acid.html
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Additional information, also through Environment Canada and its State of the Environment Infobase, may be found here. (
http://www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/English/headlines/ind5.cfm
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