Here’s my hypothesis: BP’s oil spill will lead to rising ADHD cases in children.
BP’s April 20th massive oil spill is an environmental disaster with effects reaching much farther out than just the Gulf region. With wildlife refuges and major bird migration stopovers in the way of the oil spill the destruction of their habitats will have ramifications for many of us.
Detail at actual size: Plastic Bottles, 2007 by Chris Jordan
The photo above is by Chris Jordan. It is a close up of a photo that “depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.”
Why are plastic bottles in the news anyway?
Plastic bottles are everywhere in today’s society, but they were not just a few decades ago. Bottled water is an very popular product worldwide which is extraordinary considering bottled water as we know today didn’t exist as a product 30-40 years ago.
What’s wrong with plastic bottles?
They are everywhere now and don’t seem to be hurting anyone but their impact can be felt in many ways. Making the plastic bottle requires pollution producing energy. So does the rest of the packaging, shipping, shipping packaging and recycling. Many plastic bottles don’t end up recycled. Instead they are thrown in the garbage or somehow end up in the ocean, and even in the fish we eat. On top of that some plastic bottles contain harmful chemicals called BPA that leaves the bottles and gets into your drink.
What do these harmful chemicals do?
BPA or bisphenol A is considered an is an endocrine disruptor, meaning it messes up your hormones may be the cause of abnormal sexual development or even learning disabilities. This is of great concern for babies because BPA was found in many baby bottles. (more…)
Disclaimer: The photo above is in no way intended to hold Ghostface responsible for overfishing all over the world…
The world’s fisheries were in danger of overfishing. In many areas in the world the fish populations cannot recover their numbers after they are harvested. Resulting in less fishes, less food, less money for people dependent on fish and or course changes to the ecosystem.
“Two years after a study warned that overfishing could cause a collapse in the world’s seafood stocks by 2048, an update says the tide is turning, at least in some areas” Associated Press reports.
For this story what else could I play? Ghostface talks about fish more than any rapper I know of, making this choice a no brainer for me. Here’s an obvious selection off of his first album Ironman. This song samples Otis Redding’s “Change is Gonna Come”. The first line of “Fish” is “We eat fish, tossed salads and make rap ballads“. I love it when he makes it plain…
A recent study found: “Of 10 areas of the world that were studied, significant overfishing continues in three, but steps have been taken to curb excesses in five others.” Michael Fogarty of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is confident overfishing can be reversed and cites “such steps as exclusion areas, changes in fishing gear, assignments of rights to harvest and incentives for fishers to take a long-term view.” (more…)
