Estrogen!

The fact that estrogen is in the water made me worry for myself and others. I  really wanted to know where it came from and I had my initial feelings and assumptions, but they were incorrect. I felt a large amount of what we intake was due to the pill, but it turns out that less than one percent of what we drink is from the pill. of course a large amount is coming in from animal sources. I am still worried for other creatures that drink our water, but haven't things been like this for a long time?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101208125813.htm

Not enough

It really upsets me that we keep giving Natives these areas where we tell them they can fish, but then we keep throwing curve balls and tell them that they are restricted to what they can fish. They have to go through legal procedure after legal procedure to get what is their right to have. Of course some of the fish could be hazardous to them, but if we give them land specifically for them to perform their practices why do we constantly ruin it for them. We do so much harm to their water that it is difficult for them to continue their daily lives. When are people going to see that this is something that can't be waited out or put on the backburner. Action needs to be taken. Too many people are suffering because of pollution and selfish people. People depend on these areas to live.

Is there another way?

Mining in this region and regions all over the world has historically left the environments in shambles. the runoff from the wastes of these mining sites are horrible. they contaminate your ground and stream water. Your water is not safe when it comes to mining. It has drastic effects on living things and prevents growth. Even today we are still feeling the effects of years and years of mining that happened long ago. Please read this article.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120730155057.htm

What happens there does NOT stay there!

I know that a lot of people might be talking about this now that it is everywhere. The smog problem in Bejing and China is a huge problem. Like we talked about in class on Wednesday when Mel Visser came; this creates a problem for the whole earth. The way that we could still get pollutants that are created halfway across the world is a huge issue. we need to do something about it, but what about all of the other issues at home? so much to do! Please watch this report.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2013/01/31/mr-beijing-smog.cnn