https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2016-11-02 14:09:41 UTC 2017-05-11 14:09:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 18pryorf https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/134780133 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/02/us/ap-us-firefighting-foam-water-colorado.html
This article talks about the tainted water found in an Air Force base. The water was used for firefighting drills and was drained into into the city sewer city. The water had toxic chemicals because of the firefighter foam in it and this could contaminate. The foam has PFCs which can cause a wide variety of cancers. This caused a full on investigation to see if chemicals were leaked into the sewer system and why. It reported that 20,000 gallons of the water was lost from evaporation and not exposed to the sewer system. However, the Air Force base made the decision to use a foam that did not contain PFCs and to take better care of their water. ]]> 2016-11-02 14:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/134780133 18pryorf https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/134781150 2016-11-02 14:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/134781150 18pryorf https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/135613790 http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/01/smallbusiness/american_ecology_garbage_inc_profits_out.fsb/index.htm#feature
In the article, it describes the profit that can be made in the business with trash. It mainly focuses on oily-refinery sludge contaminated protective gear and materials. Disposal of these products and nuclear waste is not easy. Companies involved with waste management have to follow the EPA strict regulations on how the disposal must happen. The start of business in waste was when laws were passed to help the environment and ignited many people to think of ways to get rid of the waste. The booming business of waste eventually declined because sites cleaned up and safe disposal practices were made. The article describes one company that is still in business and is doing well in burying materials or recycling for profit. Sale of recycled material is growing and new ideas for recycling is making these company rich.  The amount that can be recycled is not a lot but it makes a difference in the environment because it is less material being buried]]> 2016-11-06 16:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/135613790 18pryorf https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/135615905 http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/17/opinion/l-endangered-habitat-endangered-species-131687.html
The article discusses the importance of wildlife in the New York state. Animals in the wild have a tremendous affect on humans because we are interconnected in a food web/chain. A animals habitat effects the health and stability of the animal. The author argues the laws help endangered species but it does not protect their habitats. The laws state that if one was to kill any specific animal that is endangered or threatened they would face legal charges. However, if someone was to destroy an endangered or threatened animals habitat and in result the animal dies they aren't charged. A bill was proposed to ensure that the protection of habitats involved with endangered and threatened species. The bill would stop hunters or other people from destroying the habitat or disrupting it in a way the animal would use it. The bill did not come to a vote in the state senate because developers argued against the bill and found a way to keep senate from voting. ]]> 2016-11-06 17:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/135615905 18pryorf https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/135616136 http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2016/08/the_plan_to_encase_a_century_of_pollution_in_concrete_along_the_hudson_river.html
Edgewater is a place in NJ that was polluted for more then a century. The tar manufacturing oil recycling polluted the area. The byproduct of these manufactures were arsenic, coal tar, and waste oil. EPA and Honeywell worked together to clean the pollution for the first time. They planed to fix the area so it can be used for further development. The soil and groundwater were mostly affected by this pollution. The soil was contaminated extremely and instead of getting rid of the soil which would take very long they decided to solidify the soil with cement to keep the contaminated material in its place. It is the safest way to protect the environment and people from exposure to the toxins. To solve the groundwater issue, they dug four collection wells that would collect any contaminates in the ground water and develop a barrier to keep the water from reaching the Hudson bay. ]]> 2016-11-06 17:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/135616136 18pryorf https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/135617235 http://www.newsweek.com/there-are-270000-tons-plastic-garbage-floating-atop-worlds-oceans-290886
A scientist named Marcus Erickson sailed around the world to find trash in the ocean. it took him six years and 24 expeditions to comb the ocean for plastic. They found 5.3 trillion pieces of plastic weighing in at 270,000 tons. Most of the trash is being found in the gyres of the ocean where swirling patterns in the ocean tear the plastic part making small pieces of plastic. This is worse then the plastic clumping together because the small plastic sinks. Also, it is harder to clean up the small pieces because they are spread apart. When the plastic sinks It reaches the ocean currents and is transferred throughout the ocean causing sea life to eat the plastic. The plastic also holds on to toxic chemicals and collects more toxins that are in the ocean. The chemicals are assimilated into animals that eat it and become sick. This is extremely dangerous because if a human was to eat this fish they would receive the toxic chemicals and become very sick. ]]> 2016-11-06 17:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/135617235 18pryorf https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/171260985 http://www.newsweek.com/lab-bred-coral-reproduces-wild-first-time-421835
This article is about how scientist used elkhorn coral, an endangered species, to help save the coral reef in the Caribbean. They determined that if they gathered egg and sperm cells and put it where the coral reef was dying it can reverse the destruction. The germ cells were put in a lab to become fertilized free-swimming larvae. The product was released in the coral reef which later settled and began to grow. The new coral thrived in the coral reef more then it did in a lab and opened doors for more genetic variability experiments. To regenerate more coral reefs, scientist discovered coral "gardening". This technique takes coral found in these reefs and brings them to a laboratory. Here they grow the coral in a controlled setting so it an grow to full length. The coral is then returned to the reef thus allowing more sea plants and animals to use the coral. This technique does work, however, scientist prefer to keep the coral in its natural habitat and have it breed there. ]]> 2017-05-11 14:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/18pryorf/2xfeirlgt8p6/wish/171260985