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Comment on Mmmmm. The New Car Smell. by mary alice acton

mary alice acton — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:01:33 +0000

I never would have guessed that the “new car smell” could harm our health. After you explained it though, it did begin to make more sense. I guess next time I get into a new car, I’ll think twice about breathing in that “new car smell.”

Comment on Pesticides by abbyr

abbyr — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:55:15 +0000

I never actually saw Maria Full of Grace, but it seems like a very serious issue. I dont understand why the government lets this happen to its people. I mean, is dipping flowers in the pesticides, which cost less money, worth harming someone?

Comment on Pesticides by mcrane

mcrane — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:23:43 +0000

I definately remember Maria Full of Grace. That movie was so sad. I remember the scenes where Maria was in the greenhouse cutting all of the flowers and they were getting sprayed with pesticides, but I did not think about how that could be harmful to her health. Pesticides that are toxic should not be used in the production of goods even if they cost less. The cost of producing flowers should never overshadow the means of production and how those means can impact the health of workers. Although organic flowers may be more expensive, they do not harm workers by exposing them to toxic chemicals.

Comment on Pesticides by macton

macton — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:03:24 +0000

Yea, I definitely remember watching that movie last year! This is really sad and something has to be done to stop this terrible stuff from happening. Clearly they need to stop using these pesticides/stop exposing the workers to them and I think they should use the organic flowers even if they do cost more. When it comes to human life and money, human life should also rank as top priority to money.

Comment on Pesticides by sgoetz

sgoetz — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:14:13 +0000

This kind of saddens me that the Columbian government allows this sort of thing to happen. That’s a really hard decision whether or not to keep your job or get sick. I think that maybe they should use better planning to ensure the workers’ health, such as not letting them into the greenhouse for 24 hours after it has been fumigated. Perhaps also research could be done on organic pesticides that don’t harm humans quite as much.

Comment on Pesticides by motryak

motryak — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:31:23 +0000

ugh yet another instance of underpaid workers risking their health for american consumers. go for the organic, i’m pretty sure the reason it costs so much more is not only because it doesnt use the cheaper alternative of pesticides, but also because they follow labor regulations…so its worth it, even if it is a little more expensive.

Comment on “Not Something You Can Stop” by mary alice acton

mary alice acton — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:05:06 +0000

As I was blogging about my Superbowl article, this U.N. report came up. All it said about it though was the percentage of human activity that has effected global warming. I’m glad that you posted on this report so that I could become more knowledeable on some of the other things that were brought up. While it sounds like no matter what we do now to prevent global warming, it’s still going to happen anyways, the thing is whatever we do now will make a difference even if it doesn’t stop global warming. Regardless, we all need to become more conscientious of how we live so that we can make a difference.

Comment on “Not Something You Can Stop” by paigegius08

paigegius08 — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:48:19 +0000

Sometimes the phrase, “better late than never” applies in certain situations. But if it took the UN this long to release a report saying that global warming is man-made, how long is it going to take us to take action? Will it be too late by the time we finally do something? I agree with you, Camille, it will be very interesting to see what Bush does on this matter. There’s a big crisis in Iraq right now, but if we don’t attend to the global warming crisis, there won’t be an Iraq to worry about. (or a United States for that matter.)

Comment on “Not Something You Can Stop” by sgoetz

sgoetz — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:21:25 +0000

This article clarified a lot of confusion for me! I was talked to some of my friends about APES, and one of them said that global warming was a completely natural cycle and that there’s no way for man to stop it. He gave the example of how the climate has increased since the Ice Age. That kind of confused me, because what he said made some sense, but then I couldn’t help thinking about what I learned in APES. Though from this blog I concluded that some of global warming is natural, most of it is man-made. Thanks for the clarification!

Comment on “Not Something You Can Stop” by abbyr

abbyr — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:38:58 +0000

I posted on the same report. It is very sad that the even if we work on pollution control now the temperature and sea levels are going to rise for centuries. And thats if we started controlling it right now.