DDT

However, DDT has lots of harmful side effects to other beings. Rachel Carson pointed out her perspective in one of her books, which is Silent Spring. “How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the threat of disease and death even to their own kind?” (Rachel Carson 8) Human beings should consider the circumstances that they might face when they come up with a new idea to improve their lives. DDT…

It was 1993 when Wolff et al.(1993) first hypothesized a positive connection between a metabolite of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, a pesticide and environmental estrogen) and breast cancer. Since it was well known that breast cancer and prolonged exposure to estrogens were interrelated, this suggested that DDT could play a critical role in the initiation of breast cancer. Likewise, results of a study conducted by Engel et al. (2005) suggest that the…

Eco-Imperialism is about the effect superficial corporate social responsibility has on the world. It is about the failures of companies and environmentalists in caring for Third World countries. Eco-Imperialism begins with the evolution of British Petroleum that led to the renaming Beyond Petroleum. Driessen unveils the marketing campaign’s manipulation of words, ads, and smart one-liners. The marketing campaign greenwashed the company, making the public believe that BP was more environmentally…

Big yellow taxi is a song referencing people taking things for granted, “You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone”. For example, believing that our mere existence is forever and death awaits only the old is taking for granted our health. Young or old, death can come at any time. A second example is relationships. This can be a family relationship or one with the immediate nuclear family. Often times we get caught up with day to day that we go without talking and once more take for granted…

warmth. Typhus has been seen in military camps, concentration camps, prisons and on ships most commonly. It has been spread from country to country through war and the travel of people from countries where it is more prevalent. The invention of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) and its use helped to prevent the spread of the disease after World War I, but the tradeoff, which wasn’t…

About Theodora Colborn Dr. Theodora Colborn was a toxicologist who founded the quote, “endocrine disruptor.” This term means how chemicals can destroy and affect health of the endocrine system. Colburn earned her Ph.D when she was 58 from the University of Wisconsin (Grossman, Vandenberg, Thayer, & Birnbaum, 2015, pg. A54). Before going back to school, Colborn was a sheep farmer and a grandmother (Motavalli, 1997, pg. 2). Thirty-five years ago, she did research on species of the Great Lakes who…

Charles Broley, a naturalist studying birds, realized that they were displaying irregular dating and nesting behavior. He also noticed they were experiencing a decrease in birth rates, especially among bald eagles. Researched showed that DDT and its metabolites negatively affected male embryos and made bird eggshells thin. According to research discussed in the video Fooling with Nature, baby birds exposed to endocrine disruptors did not develop eyes and alligators experienced shortened…

In a environment or any sort of livelihood we can all agree that humans take the majority of our planet’s demand. Throughout the whole unit readers learned more about our effects on our atmosphere. Also all throughout the question of humans being more important than our planet and the animals found on Earth has popped up several times. For those wondering the demand of humans is equally important as the demand of our atmosphere and animals. Firstly, we as humans have a major impact on our…

Millions of bees are dying off, an average of 30% of all honey bee colonies dies each winter. We rely on bees to pollinate 90% of the world's food and to increase the yield by up to 30%. Many fruits and vegetables would become scarce and prohibitively expensive without the bees. If bees became extinct most of our food will no longer exist and if it did, it wouldn't be very affordable. Scientists have pointed out several causes behind this problem, including global warming, habitat loss,…

Rachel Carson, a biologist, was the founder of the modern environmentalism movement during the 1960’s and 70’s. This movement spread quickly throughout the United States. Carson is known today for publishing her very famous book Silent Spring. This book was published during such an important time in history and is significant to this day because it tells us a lot about the environment we live in today. Many people have been fascinated by her book and several other pieces of work. She has…