The Effect Of PET On People's Health

Attention Getter: We all see them, those sad little faces that look up at us with their sad eyes. They need homes and families that love them, they are stray animals.

There has been contamination found in the groundwater surrounding all four towns. The groundwater is contaminated with VOCs, trichloroethene (TCE), ethylene dibromide (EDB), carbon tetrachloride (CCI4), perchloroethylene (PCE), benzene, vinal chloride, 1,1,2,2-TeCA, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, manganese, thallium, lead, toluene, and RDX. “Ethylene dibromide is especially worry some because it was found upwelling in cranberry bogs located in Falmouth and Mashpee (militarycontamination)”. Where it would was stored in the cranberries skin. “Falmouth being the most affected area losing twenty five percent of its possible drinking water supply (wr.usgs)”. Although the plumes are deep down in the aquifer. “People could be at risk if they accidentally drink the water or come into direct contact with the contaminated groundwater (militarycontamination)”. The way towns keep the residents from coming in contact with the possible risks of

Water is essential to life, scientific fact, not debatable (Tracy). More than half of all Americans drink bottled water; about a third of the public consumes it regularly (Olsen). Many drink or buy bottled water simply because they believe it is of better quality, cleaner, and better tasting. On the contrary, several individuals do not know the cons of drinking bottled water. Today, there are many misconceptions and myths about bottled water. Many people are uneducated about what goes into our bottles and how it not only affects us but also our environment. In the article “The New Oil” by Jeneen Interlandi and Ryan Tracy they discuss the issues that have to do with water and the privatization of it. They believe there is a crisis and something has to be done. Due to the cost, pollution, shortage, and health issues, bottled water should be outlawed. Water should not be controlled by water bottle companies and should not be allowed to be sold in plastic bottles.

Medicalization/pg.220 the transformation of a human condition into a matter to be treated by physicians. Towards the middle and end of this video they really begin to talk about the medical issues that DOW brings about Midland Michigan, it’s a shame that people have to suffer for other people. This also if those people are suffering when are we going to start suffering from drinking water from the bottles also known as the chemicals that are in our bottles from that plant. They already say don’t do this and don’t do that with a water bottles, it can cause cancer, or this or that. I for one am kind of against the production of water bottles and the use of them, but it doesn’t mean ill stop using them because they are so convent. Its honestly just a shame the human condition of these people, and our they are being treated. I think DOW and even nestle for the fast should be doing something to help these sick people, help the ones who lost someone, and get them out of their houses, so they aren’t so close to the plant. Quite honestly is sort of scary to think about how own day the sick people in that video could be a member of our society because of the cracker going in close to us…I think that BPA needs to get a grip of things, and if the bottles we are drinking water are not only killing people who live by the plants but can also affect us who drink from them, then something needs to change. We

The article from the Huffington Post entitled Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia: Home to the most brazen, deadly corporate gambits in U.S. history describes the atrocities performed in part by the DuPont chemical plant in West Virginia. The plant was dispersing its hazardous chemicals into the streams and landfills. The hazardous chemical known as C8 was causing extreme health effects to the local residents of the town of Parkersburg. People were getting severely ill and people’s cattle were dying faster than they could be replaced. Yes, these acts were heinous, but the worst of it all was the fact that the company had so much control of the area that they were able to keep doing what they were doing and only face minor penalties if any…sickening. So basically the lesson here is, if you have money and the resources, you can control just about anything. DuPont had both, and that is why they were able to do what they did. C8, or Perfluorooctanoic acid was the chemical that was causing the massive health issues across the state. People were wanting to sue DuPont for the takeoff of C8 being into the water that they were partaking in.

In the fourth chapter, “Fouling Our Own Nests,” of Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What to do About It, Robert Glennon discusses the dangers of water contamination that plague many parts of the United States. His main claim that water pollution requires the help of the entire population stems from an unmentioned warrant: contaminating the national water supply with chemicals from individual communities and industries is detrimental to American society. In order to strengthen his argument, Glennon showcases the impacts of local contamination issues on larger populations and utilizes quantitatively intimidating statistics to solidify his position and inspire his readers to fight for better water regulation.

individuals are affected by this issue. The once clean water in these wells is now polluted

The population hugely outnumber the amount of water we have here in San Diego. The water that we buy in bottled from other places we do not know the contents of that water. The water may have a label and tells us this and that, but the truth is they don’t have to tell us everything that is in the water. The water here in San Diego is tested daily and monitored closely. Maybe people should consider drinking our tap water. All we have to do is by filters, though we can’t always test our tap water in our homes we can do our part to help protect ourselves. All the plastic that we are putting in our oceans are killing our animals. This hurts our food chain and makes harder for animals we need to survive to thrive. By buying less bottled water we not only help ourselves, we help our environment.

Incidents such as the May 2000 contamination at Walkerton, Ontario, which resulted in widespread illness and loss of life, have raised public awareness of the risks of poor water quality. After debate over the issue of water export, the Canadian government acted to prohibit bulk water removal from natural

The effects of pet ownership have been shown to be beneficial for humans as well as animals in need of a home. People purchase pets for a variety of reasons, spanning from a need to get more exercise, a desire for companionship, to a desire for unconditional love. Other people simply just love animals and their lives feel complete without a furry friend. However, not all of the causes of pet ownership are positive. Some people purchase a pet because they think the animal looks cute but abandon the pet after they discover the hard work it requires to train it and keep it healthy. Other people do so out of ego, such as purchasing a large, vicious pet they hope will intimidate others and later find they cannot control. The motivational causes of owning a pet will determine the eventual effects of ownership.

In the documentary “Tapped” they mainly focused on the Nestle water bottle company. Nestle get a lot of the water that they use to package from Maine. They have bought land and made water stations to syphon the water out of the ground. There is two reasons why the people of Maine hate that Nestle does this. Firstly, they drill down so deep into the earth and dehydrate the ground of all the water. This is effecting the people of Maine because there wells are drying up. Most of the people get there supply of water from personal wells. These wells were there before any of the wells from Nestle were put in. But now the Nestle wells are going deeper and in return are cutting off the water supply to the wells of the people in Maine. This has cause

At the start of the film, we learn about a small town in Maine whose water supply was quietly taken over by Nestle. Nestle could take as much of the water as they wanted for free, and then could package it and sell back to the people of Maine for a thousand times more than the price of tap water. The company eventually got so greedy, that it took sole control of the town’s water supply, and switched the municipal water

Moreover, these water and food companies are not only manipulating society but also putting peoples´ health at risk which is leading them to obtain harmful diseases. A bottle of water can seem harmless, it is just a simple plastic bottle, but what people don’t know is that that simple plastic bottle contains toxic chemicals that can, in a matter of time, send a person to the emergency room. “Chemicals used to soften plastics, including plastic water bottles- can disrupt human endocrine function. The endocrine glands produce and regulates hormone that manage our vital functions, such as reproduction, breathing, and thinking. Disrupting these bodily processes can lead to birth defects, cancer or developmental problems in babies and children”

Pets are loved by everyone for many reasons; no matter what breed of animal you own, they can bring happiness to your lives. However, when you are thinking of getting a pet for the first time, whether it is as a new addition to your current family of pets or a replacement for one that sadly is no longer amongst you, there is a lot to consider when keeping a pet.

Have you ever wondered if our drinking water is actually safe to drink? The topic of safe drinking water according to my research isn’t a topic that it’s given that much attention even though there have been events and statistics that have impacted our drinking water. There have been important events such as the chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia and the ash sludge in Kingston Tennessee in 2008, these kind of events even though they have happen a few years ago still have an impact on our drinking water today. Lauren Russell is an important person because she stated that climate change is another factor that can affect our drinking water because it can impact the quality of the water since climate change is a main world problem it affects everyone 's drinking water. Another big factor of drinking water is what kind of chemicals are in our water that makes it safe for us to drink? I feel like people and I should be informed of the risks that human and natural disasters can do to our sites that we get our drinking water from. And we should also be inform if the chemicals that they put in our drinking water are one hundred percent safe. The reason why I chose this topic is because water is a necessity for every human so if we all get informed about this topic we can enforce better laws that can ensure us the best water quality for us to drink.