Marine Life Endangered

The beautiful blue seas of Puerto Rico hold more than what we may think. The island of Vieques is a site where previous munitions have been left after practice. The governor’s office replied this area was possibly used as a practice site for Navy missiles in World War II. These unarmed bombs in the ocean are leaking fumes and toxins which can be very fatal to marine life. Marine life close to the bomb fragments such as sea urchins and seaweed consist of very high levels of carcinogenic material. All the contaminants found are deadly and poisoning life underwater. Conferences have brought scientists together to find a way to clean up the munitions that can be lying everywhere in the oceans. Cleaning up this mess is trouble by its self. If not safely removed, scientists could create a bigger problem. The Army has given $4 Million dollars to clean up about 2,000 munitions.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/26/undersea.munitions.cleanup/index.html

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The Latest of China’s food poisoning is tainted pork. So far this contaminated meat has made 70 people sick. Three remain in the hospital. The infected pork contained an illegal drug known as clenbuterol which avoids animals to gain excess fat. This drug is illegal because it can be fatal to humans. Although the drug is illegal, there are people who use it such as athletes in order to build muscle. The case continues, however, three people have been arrested for their possible involvement in the contaminated meat. China’s lack for food safety has also got pork onto the list of contaminations including milk. Correspondents say the reason for the mishap is these small businesses are struggling with prices soaring to the sky. Their tight budget is leading them to take shortcuts.


citation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7905717.stm

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A very heart-breaking event occurred to the Weronick family just today. Their 3-year-old toddler, Cassandra Weronick escaped the house at 3 am this morning. Just dressed in a t-shirt and a diaper, the child was found a half a mile from their home, frozen to death! Tuesday night’s harsh and frigid cold had frozen the toddler. And out of all the nights, she chose one of the coldest nights of the year to flee. It has been said, Cassandra has done this before, however, was found. Police say that the child knew how to open the door and left. With the dog’s barking, her mother woke and checked the door which was open. She locked the door, but did not bother to check on her child as well. A very unfortunate tragedy happened to this family today.
For more information, follow the link below:
http://wcbstv.com/local/mountaindale.child.freezes.2.926994.html

Corot’s Find of Yet Another Exoplanet!

The French space telescope, Corot has done it again. An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that also orbits a star. The latest one found, is the smallest and one of the very few handful which are also “rocky” and share similar aspects such as Earth and Venus. An approximate of 330 exoplanets have been discovered so far. Because this exoplanet orbits extremely close to its star, it attains a temperature of about 1,000 to 1,500 degrees Celsius. Thus, concludes it is unable to withstand or support life. A great majority have been found by the radial velocity method. It is much easier to detect planets with a larger mass than others using the method. Lead by the French Space Agency, Corot’s mission is to the investigation of exoplanets and to study the interior of stars. To find more information about this topic, please follow the link below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7868100.stm