Stolen Future chapter 7,8,and 9 discussion
1. The major nonhousehold uses accounted how many punds of 2, 4, 5-T in 1974 according to federal figures? (pg.114)
2. What effect did the explosion at the chemical factory caused in northern Italy in July 1976? (114)
3. In 1982 and early 1983, Times Beach, Missouri became a ghost town because of what ? (115)
4. What is the answer to the initial question - whether the sewage treatment plants were releasing something that acted like estrogen? (132)
5.A nationwide survey followed in the summer of 1988 involve how many sites? In where? (132)
6. What was the first thought to where the estrogenic substance was coming from?
7. What did Sumpter and his colleagues suspect? (134)
8. What did the Preliminary data show? (134)
9. US production of what , represent the lion's share of synthetic chemicals?(137)
10. Around the world, about how many synthetic chemicals are now in market? (138)
11. What happen to pesticides and DDT in United State in 1991?
12. Who found p'p-DDE? (139)
13. What did the fisherman found in May 31, 1989?(142)
14. Who thought of "Another entry for the Book of the Dead" (142)
15. What happen to the females in St. Lawrence? (146)
16. What did the salmon in Lake Erie show? (158)
Question 1
ReplyDeleteThe military name for a mixture that contained the herbicides 2, 4-D, and 2, 4, 5-T, the latter a chemical easily contaminated with dioxin during its manufacture. At the height of the campaign against Vietnam's rain forest, enlisted men sprayed Agent
Question 2
ReplyDeleteAfter years of debate about whether dioxin was responsible for the reported illnesses, a panel from the national academy of sciences at the request of congress undertook a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence.
Question 3
ReplyDeleteTimes Beach, Missouri, became a ghost town after the federal government evacuated all 2240 residents because of dioxin contamination. A company paid to spray the dirt roads to keep the dust down had used a waste oil tainted with dioxin.
Question 4
ReplyDeleteIf the waster contained anything that acted like estrogen, he was sure there would be a telltale sign in males. They would respond to the estrogen by making a special egg-yolk protein normally produced by females. In females, the liver produce vitellogenin if they are exposed to elevated levels of estrogen.
Question 5
ReplyDeleteInvolving 28 sites in England and Wales. Although low oxygen levels and plant malfunctions killed off some of the caged fish, the researchers still obtained results from fifteen of these sites, finding dramatic increases in vitellogenin levels in each and every case.