Blog 4: BP Oil Spill, A Year Later

My fourth blog entry is about how the BP Oil Spill, a year later is still lingered in the Deep Ocean. However, the oil that is still there does not become a big threat to sea life that is living there. Elizabeth B. Kujawinski said that. She had also said that, “Everything that has been done in the past would suggest that the concentrations that were down there were not toxic,” Government scientists predicted that more than 172 million gallons have spilled out into the gulf's waters. The methane of the oil is gone, but the dispersant is still in the waters. The oil is spread out so much that it could be virtually undetectable for months. I think that it is good that the methane of the oil is already gone from the oceans, but it is also bad that the oil is spread out so much that it could be undetectable for months. 

Here is the link to the article: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/oil-dispersants-lingered-in-deep-ocean-scientists-say/

Blog 3: Antibiotics

The article that I read for my third blog entry was about how a recent study shows how antibiotics can help speed up recovery from ear infections. But if the child takes those antibiotics, they can come with many side effects. Some of these side effects include diarrhea, rashes, yeast infections and vomiting. Since there are side effects like these, careful selection of antibiotics is necessary. According to many studies, ear infections are the most diagnosed sickness that children could get. In some studies it stated that children who take real drugs have much more side effects. I think that if a child really needs the antibiotics because it is really bothering them they should take it. They should also take it as soon as possible because in the article it said that it is not good to be waiting to give the child the antibiotics. But also if the child does not need it, he or she should not take antibiotics because of all of the severe side effects.


Here is the link to the article: http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/13/antibiotics-speed-up-recovery-from-ear-infections-in-young-children-studies-show/?hpt=T2