The Clean

“Spring Clean” by Tom Powell is the painting that I felt had a lot of meaning to me. When the paper first got mentioned, I went to the Ice House Gallery in Mayfield, Ky. Tom Powell donated this painting just shortly before that to help raise money for the gallery. The subject matter in the piece is a house and in the back yard is a clothes line with four blankets hanging from tree to tree. And in the background is a barn and a wooden fence that is darker than the rest of the painting. This…

Several civilizations are plagued by pollution, yet one country in particular struggles with several types of pollution. Agricultural, industrial, and domestic pollution fill the rivers of India, creating several issues for the peoples that reside there. The large population of the country tends to be the cause of most pollution: "India 's population of nearly 1.2 billion accounts for about 17 percent of the world’s population... it has been experiencing rapid economic growth of…

For a couple of years Lake Erie has been fairly clean because of our efforts in trying to keep it clean, but now it’s going back to the algae filled waters. The clean up is pretty good and we are trying to come up with more ways to help Lake Erie now. Some examples are to lower the chances of manure and fertilizer spreading on frozen or saturated ground, and by lowering the chances of fertilizer runoff. But otherwise the effects of the clean up are going well and I hope that with the climate…

with water pollution is contamination from chemical spills, burst pipelines and toxic waste. Water pollution is a major issue to be dealt with. There are many ways water pollution can be avoided. In addition to finding a solution to this problem, The Clean Water Act was made and passed. Even though Water pollution very harmful, People have to be more careful with what they are doing to our water, because It cant be used in anyway, It is not safe, and It is being contaminated.“The first river you…

I found Government Bullies to be a very informative book. Rand Paul discusses multiple government bureaucracies and how they bully their own citizens by enforcing laws that are not clearly define. He discusses stories on how the EPA, TSA, FDA, and USDA have set in place many laws that are not clear and have fines that are ridiculous. He also puts forth his viewpoint on the Lacey Act and how it is "an open license for government bullying". Senator Rand Paul is a republican senator from Kentucky.…

History: Squeaky Clean and Ignorant At the age of seven I was taught the story of the first Thanksgiving. My class and I were told of the wonders the Pilgrims explored and how kind and peaceful their meeting with the Native Americans was. We dressed up in handmade frocks and pinafores or vests and feathers as we had a feast and played games. We never once considered the accuracy of the history we were taught, nor the implications of the age old legend of the first Thanksgiving. Nor did I, until…

Debuting in late September, Clorox’s new commercial advertisement “Clean Matters” markets its product lines as a clean slate for all of life’s messes. The commercial takes viewers through a plethora of family scenarios where messes are made and clorox products help refresh and start over. Majority of the scenarios focused on family dynamics, where parents are cleaning up after or for their children. The ad can be understood through two concepts that we addressed in class: emotions and…

One of these acts is the Clean Water Act, which, “establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters” (“Summary of the Clean Water Act”). The Clean Water Act was passed in 1948 when it was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The act was broadened in 1972 when it then began to go by the name of the Clean Water Act. Due to this act, the Environmental Protection…

The Clean Air Act (CAA) was passed in 1970 by Congress in response to an increase of public awareness of air pollution and evidence of public health risks caused by air pollution. The CAA is considered to be a classic example of the “command and control” style of environmental legislation that is characterized by setting environmental goals for the legislation, determining criteria or collecting technical data on the specific health effects of certain chemicals, setting quality standards which…

Assessing the Health Outcomes since the Implementation of Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Act Human beings and environment share a relationship that is very codependent. Their relationship is such that positive or negative disturbance to one can directly or indirectly bring about a change in the other. One prime example of this was the overuse of pesticide in the 1960s which tampered with the earth’s natural state; the abusive use of Dichloro Diphenyl Tricoloro (DDT) poisoned…