Posted on March 31st, 2008 by mabates
I think this poem is showing a summer day from the past. It could be showing when the poet was remembering his favorite summer day that made him happy. It says in the poem “when unicorns were still possible.” This is showing that it took place back in someone’s childhood when they were able to use their imagination. It also talks about when knees were skinned. This is normal to a young child’s daily life. It also talks about using tobacco.(Hallowed out…Fitted with straws…Crammed with tobacco…Stolen from butts…In family ashtrays) The poem also talks about that this took place in thick branches in silence away from civilization. This all shows that someone was smoking the remainder of tobacco far away from civilization. To the author, this could bring back happy memories of being able to relax away from the everyday busy life. At the end of the poem, it says that this day could have never could of happened at all. To the author, this could be a dream of what he wishes could happen again.
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Posted on February 6th, 2008 by mabates
Arguments:
Some people disagree with using fluoride because its not safe. Hexafluorosilicic, the fluoridation chemical has never been tested on humans or animals before for safety. People are sometimes concerned about what the maximum daily safe dose is for fluoride. People also wonder if it is safe for the elderly, young children, diabetics, those with kidney disease, those with vitamin deficiency, and those with cardiovascular disease. You will start to see more of the side effects with these people.
My opinion on Fluoride:
I think Fluoride should be added to drinking water because fluoride determines how much a tooth will decay. If Fluoride will continue to be in drinking water, the world will see a change in the amount of people with decaying teeth. This could also reduce the needs to visit the dentist more frequently. Studies show that now there is a 12.5% decrease in the number of cavities becuase of fluoride. If more people started to use it, there could be even a larger decrease in cavities.
Discovery’s:
Before fluoride could be used in toothpaste and mouthwash, so research had to be done. It was proved that water fluoride levels below 1ppm prevented tooth decaying. At this level, it also preventes the tooth staining. It has also been proved that fluoride strengthens enamel. At the same time, it allows damaged teeth to repair.
Side Effects of using Fluoride:
One of the side effects of using fluoride is that it can cause cancer. This was proved in 1990 by the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences. This is of great concern to me because sometimes cancer cannot be cured. It has also been proved that Fluoride increases the chance of Hip Fractures. The Journal of the American Medical Association has observed that in places in the United States and Britain, there are more hip fractures that in other places that do not use Fluoride in water. The New England Journal of Medicine observed that Fluoride treatment of patients increased the rate of hip fractures. This concerns me because it is proved that there it a higher chance that I would get a hip fracture than people living in other countries or in other places in this country that do not use Fluoride.
Sources:
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7916sci4.html
http://www.fluorideinbeds.org/FIB/argumentagainst.asp
http://www.adha.org/oralhealth/fluoride_facts.htm
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