Body Toxic Summary

In her essay “The Obligation to Endure”, Rachel Carson alerts the public to the dangers of modern industrial pollution. She writes about the harmful consequences of lethal materials being released into the environment. She uses horrifying evidence, a passionate tone, audience, and the overall structure of her essay to express to her readers that the pollution created by man wounds the earth. There are many different ways that pollution can harm the environment, from the nuclear explosions discharging toxic chemicals into the air, to the venomous pesticides sprayed on plants that kills vegetation and sickens cattle. The adjustments to these chemicals would take generations. Rachel

I did actually really like this book. I was not sure if I was going to enjoy it when the project was first assigned, but after reading for a while, I became really interested

The author uses the aspect of how the children’s health deteriorating to have the audience moved through the concept of devastation, making them sway in his argument. He even fuels the audience anger by stating how the government, for years, have not funded the people to help with water, causing the people to get stuck with using contaminated water. Using these points to make the audience feel a certain way after reading the article and want to help with what is going in

I, personally, loved the author's writing, although I did not really understand why she structured the book like so. With each chapter changing different perspectives and stories, it was kind of hard to remember which chapter went with another considering the chapters where out of order. With each story, I was a little annoyed that they just suddenly ended at the end of the chapter. It made me want to read more and more trying to find the next chapter that went with that person's story. It was also kind of difficult to connect the stories. Other than that, she did a marvelous job grabbing my attention. I loved the analogies that she included in the stories. For example, on page 216- 217, one of the mothers told her daughter about a turtle that eats her tears and then creates birds that laugh

The unfortunate effects of nuclear testing, and plastic usage can be seen in the plastic pebbles dancing in the ocean today, or the inhabitable islands around the world but those tragedies took time to come forward. In a tale of love and environmental disaster, “Sea Story” by AS Byatt brings forward a tragic love story with a villain that is not a single human, but nature itself. The story ingrains the idea that nature is a force to be reckoned with and it is an imperative part of our lives, not because we inhabit in it but because it has the capability to change the fate of our generation, and generations to come. The story which begins as a typical tale of love, yearning and an attempt to woo a woman ends with Laura, not receiving the message Harold had sent, but rather the message she received “was the human occupation and corruption of the masterless ocean.”. Byatt brings the human emotion to light and brings forward an important topic of discussion; the dichotomy of climate issues in a world that is politically divided. Instead on focusing on climate change as a part of a political agenda, Byatt makes the story more personal as making the topic accessible and something that many can identify with. Humans learn about the topic of love in context of loving other humans, however this story focuses on loving our planet and conserving its

“We may not be suited to this planet, our mind not attuned enough to understand where we live, “ (Pineda, 2012, p. 57). Cecile Pineda, who is the award-winning author of Devil’s Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step by Step, puts into question the human suitability of this planet. Having been published a year after the accident at Fukushima, Pineda pieces together the nuclear incidents that occurred at Chernobyl and Fukushima. Through her comparisons and records of the horrifying aftermath of the incidences, Pineda seeks to expose her readers to the reality of the environmental situation and make them think about the affects nuclear energy has on our planet. Pineda’s work seeks to convey the dangers of nuclear energy through her style of writing, language

In 2011, a tragic calamity has shocked the entire world. The radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were released due to the consequent tsunami caused by the the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Massive amount of radioactive sewage flowed into Pacific Ocean and Japanese sea. Substantial number of dangerous substances were transmitted through air. The radioactive substances not only devastated the environment, but also severely jeopardized the health of all the creatures ranging from Japan to North America. Uncountable innocent marine animals mutated and died, which led to

Research and and determining the effects of chemicals is a huge part of a toxicologist’s job. To do this, toxicologist usually spend most of their time performing carefully designed studies and experiments. Through experimenting, many toxicologists are able to isolate, identify and measure toxic substances or radiation

Three times in the world’s long history has a nuclear event occurred of such an epic proportion that residents will never be able to return to the places they lived. In 2011 a tsunami hit Fukushima, Japan causing a nuclear meltdown, the consequences of which we are just now beginning to see. A man recently documented the plant life which is returning to the desolated city, it reveals the devastating effects of the leftover radiation, and demonstrates why Fukushima may never again be inhabited by human beings again. These mutated flowers are just the first signs of the long-term destruction caused by the nuclear disaster.

Mothers often wonder what the effects of the chemicals that are present in everyday products like plastic and aluminum, and inside of things like cleaning products and the meat we eat, and how it may hurt their families. No matter what product one may use, there seems to be no escaping the dark cloud of dangerous chemicals associated with it. Dana Nachman and Don Hardy, directors of the The Human Experiment, released in October of 2013, try to find the correlation between chemicals humans are exposed to in almost any product and the harmful long-term effects it has, as well as try to push “green” products that are free of these harmful chemicals. The directors adopt a very anxious tone, due to the fact that these chemicals are affecting millions of people everyday. Nachman and Hardy begin building their argument citing convincing facts and statistics and appealing to pathos as well as logos by showing real accounts of stories from outside sources, as well as a strong negative diction directed toward the industries producing with harmful chemicals.

As we go along day-to-day, the use of pesticides has dramatically increased. As the author, Rachel Carson conveys readers an educational message, how “a town suddenly turns dark and secluded.” Demolished by the vitality of their inhabitants. The effect of this was how the human race did not take note of the effortless actions done, that drastically demolished the environment. Carson utilized figurative language to engage readers, to describe the “nostalgic life, along with the wistful.” She employs rhetorical devices, which persuades readers regarding the positive and negative effects from a different perspective. As well as, Caron presents imagery that has caused readers to be immersed into a whole other world, to display the urgency of the uses of pesticides. Within Rachel Carson’s short excerpt, “A Fable for Tomorrow,” Carson has the capability of captivating readers and taking use of phrases, in which she executes in distinctive tactics.

Pollution has plagued the world and living things within it since the industrial revolution and the development of new technology. While some people might know the effects of the environmental disasters that have occurred through the years, other do not. Maya Lin created a collaborative memorial to try to gear people’s attention to the problems being faced in the environment. The collaborative memorial can easily be accessed by anyone who has a computer and internet access. For example, the BP oil spill affected a great number of living things and marine animals, due to a human error and the failure to clear up the problem efficiently. Another example is the Flint Water Crisis that caused innocent children to become deathly sick due to the lack of necessary chemicals. Another example about pollution is the Great Smog of 1952, which occured London, the smog lasted for five days and killed about 4,000 people. Most of the people that were affected by the smog were children, the elderly, and people with respiratory problems. The memorial is meant to shine light on the living things that are going extinct around us and how we as humans have contributed to their extinction. Its purpose is to evoke empathy, better understanding, guilt, sorrow, and even rage. By creating the memorial, everyone’s eyes can be open to the negative effects that our pollution has caused the world. The memorial also provides ways people can make a difference in the world where living things are going

Toxicology is the study of poisons and their affects on different organisms, and the different effects each toxin has on different organisms. Toxicology is a branch of biochemistry, as well as a branch of medicine, and as such one or more degrees in biochemistry, medicine, or toxicology are required for a career in toxicology. The study of toxicology is a study in which one inspects poisons in either the body or on their own, and use it for experimental purposes; one of these purposes likely being the ability to experiment with poison antidotes. There are many advancements that have helped toxicology grow into the science that it is today, and these advancements have helped make many medicines possible; the history of toxicology is important to the subject because of the progress said subject has made throughout time, from it’s beginning. As stated by Paracelsus, “All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison” (Paracelsus), in which he explains that the dosage is what determines the poison; one of the main rules of toxicology. Toxicology is a field of science that focuses on the study and effects of different dosages of poisons on different organisms, and is also used to create antidotes for different poisons, to help those who are in need; the history of expansion has helped shape toxicology into what it is today, and is now commonly used for the good of others.

In essence, toxicology is the science of poison, toxicants, or toxins. A poison toxicant, or toxic is a substance capable of causing harm when administered to an organism. Harm is defined as seriously injuring or causing the death of an organism. The term toxicant can be a synonym for poison, or the term poison might be appropriate for the most potent substances. The term toxin usually refers to a poison derived from a protein or conjugated protein produced by some higher plant, animal, or pathogenic bacteria that is highly poisonous for other living organism. Food toxicology deals with substances found in food that might be harmful to those who consume sufficient quantities of the food containing such substances.

“‘Gradually it became clear that more and more young people were having health problems,’ Carolina Capasso conveys. [The authorities think these recurring disasters are not accidents but people that are not being careful with the disposal of waste.] ‘They had allergies, leukaemia, various tumours. And as they grew older one would die of cancer, and gradually we began to realise that there was something wrong. In 2009, my son started to feel bad and we found out he had cancer: a kid of 21.’ [She blames in particular a warehouse filled with agricultural chemicals near her home where there had been a fire caused by an explosion years before, the aftermath of which, was never properly dealt with but, as in the rest of the triangle of death in the area of Italy, linking cause with effect is a hopeless task.] ‘I am convinced my son fell ill because of these substances, the disgusting stuff there is in Marigliano,’” Capasso proclaims. Peter Popham tells the story of a mother named Carolina Capasso in the article, “Triangle of Death: Surge in Cancer Cases in Italy Linked to Illegal Dumping of Toxic Waste.”