Blog 06

This past week, Nancy Langston Skyped us from Sweden. There were a few things that I found particularly interesting with our talk with her. She went into detail regarding the effects of past and present chemicals on our environment, and our bodies. Her tone seemed consistent with her book, in that while we need to change how we do things, but we need to change things smartly. I did find some of the topics interesting, especially about how to get rid of chemicals that are in your system. Either getting liposuction or breastfeeding and passing it on to your infant don't seem like welcoming options. A lot of these types of problems are worse than we realize, we just haven't had enough lifespans to observe these types of problems.

Because of the time constraints of our conversation with her, i wasn't able to ask everything that I wanted to, specifically, what types of "green chemicals" that she talked about are they researching currently. We talk a lot in this class about trying to be more environmentally friendly, so I am especially interested in knowing about these new methods that are hoped to be less damaging to the environment. There also is the reoccurring thought that these new methods will have new unforeseen problems. It is the same idea of how medications are often later found to have negative effects on our body. For example, For some people that are low on iron in their body take medications for it, Indirectly it can also thin their blood making it hard for them to clot blood and stop bleeding when they get a cut or injury. Our environment works the same way; with so many factors and variables, it is nearly impossible to tell how things we put into it will change it in the long run.