Terrible Oil Spill!

A terrible thing happened on the date of 5. Oct, 2010. What? Well if you watched the news you would know. What really happened was a massive oil spill of red sludge happened. The so-called red sludge is a toxic waste a very harmful waste that can pollute above the normal pollution rate. Of course the pollution can only be overrated depending on the amount of toxic waste that has spilled out, and in my research it says that 184 million gallons of aluminum. This was a lot, it spilled and spread more than the BP oil spill. The BP oil spill caused 200 million gallons of toxic waste, less then the recent aluminum spill. Like many other spills this spill expanded as well. Recently they have said on the news that the oil spill has reached the Danube. This is becoming very risky, Danube is were we get most of our water resources. That is not the only problem, the other problem we will have to resolve is the fact that Danube goes through more than half of Europe. Why might this be a problem. Well one of the biggest problems is, if the aluminum toxic waste passes through all of Danube, it will soon go to the Black Sea then to the Mediterranean and then continue spreading. Which could soon pollute the hole eastern part of the earth!!! :(

This morning i had watched the news again and they have built a dam stopping the toxic waste from spreading the pollution. They did a great job until today. They had found cracks and pieces missing of the dam, there was way to much pressure on the dam for it t hold, and so it is slowly breaking off, which is not good news for anyone that has Danube passing through there country. There is not much we can do because in order to stop this waste from spreading we would need 10 million dollars, which is to much that Europe will ever be able to afford! :-/

My sources:

http://www.physorg.com/news205755390.html

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Cockroaches as a Cure?

Source: 

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20100922/Note1.asp

Date written: Sep, 22. 2010

By: Stephen Ornes

Scientists find many absurd and interesting discoveries nowadays, and this is the most interesting one I heard so far! Cockroaches are found in chips and other foods and I have known that since 4^th grade, but to hear that they can actually be a very helpful medicine as well completely blew my mind! Scientists say that cockroaches have a brain that can help fight off various infectious diseases, this is one reason people say cockroaches live even though you step on them, and this is true, thanks to there bacteria- fighter- brain! How do they help? Well their brains might be small and pretty simple but they contain chemical compounds called E. coli and MRSA that they can break down, and usually, kill. E coli is a food contamination bacteria, if anyone eats food contaminated they are surely getting the disease called E coli. But I guess these days you shouldn’t be so worried, thanks to our technology improvements and…we are now assured that taking medicine with the cockroach’s brain can fully cure us. MRSA is also a very harmful disease. No known antibiotic can cure MRSA. MRSA is a type of disease that affects your skin; it affects your skin and is very serious. Since it is really hard for doctors to help prevent these illnesses, we are very lucky to have discovered what the brain of a cockroach really has in it. An interesting fact the scientists have found is, when they investigated the fact that some soldiers that came from the Middle East and were all infected with various sicknesses, and on the other hand they have also noticed that there were many bugs around them that were absolutely not harmed by many of the illnesses that surrounded the soldiers. “Some of these insects live in the filthiest places ever known to man,” Khan told Science News. “These insects crawl on dead tissue, in sewage, in drainage areas. We thought, ‘How do they cope with all the bacteria and parasites?’”

Because these two insects’: the locust and the cockroach have these chemical compounded brains scientists decided to do a test. In one Petri dish they put one of the harmful bacteria and a brain of locust/cockroach, they did not kill all bacteria, but they have killed nearly 100% of the harmful bacteria!!! Of course it’s too much to go to a pharmacy store and ask for a brain of a locust/cockroach to be fully healed, as I said they are still being tested. But let’s hope this helps us in the future, and maybe in the farther future we might have a cure for every illness on earth!

I choose this article because I just simply love insects. If someone had asked me why I honestly wouldn’t have a well thought out answer, but as I read this I know what I would say “ do you like cockroaches?” the answer I would get most likely is “no way, are you kidding me?” then I would give them back a very interesting fact “ well in the future cockroaches, and a type of grasshopper; locust might cure you from a very harmful disease, and you should now know that they are not all icky and ugly, but in fact very helpful!”. Not only did this tell me that our technology is improving, but that it did really raise a bar in our life. Soon technology will become a very daily thing (it is already) but, the kind of technology many scientists, archeologists, and historians use. One day I know we will find ourselves discovering lots, on our own, as there is much to be discovered!

Bio Plastic is a Plastic YOU Want to Use

 Be Green!

After watching this video i realized how important it is for us to conserve energy and use bio plastic more often then any other plastics. Why? Well mostly because they are made by natural sources such as vegetable oil and corn starch. Biodegradable plastic are usually used for disposable items such as: pots, bowls, and straws. Bio plastic is also called green plastic, because it can be produced in factories using wind energy, sun, bio fuel, and other renewable energy sources. Another good side of using bio plastics is because, these plastics are bio degradable and can be decomposed. By decomposing these materials we can use it to make the soil richer in your garden. These plastics take less time do decompose then many other plastic items. Though there is a bad side of using bio plastic as daily products. The process of making these plastics re not only long but hard to process, which creates the raise in temperature. Composing also gives contributes to the raise of temarture these days, but using these plastics would certainly cut off some of the pollution we have created in the past! :]