Land Of Mutant Daisies

ScrAPES#5: Land of Mutant Daisies

by Martha Azzi

July 23, 2015

2011 Tsunami "3.11 Tsunami" hit Fukushami nuclear plant resulting to meltdowns
of 3 out of 6 nuclear plants.

Fasciation- caused primarily and rarely because of the
hormonal imbalance causing increase of weight and volume.

Back in March 11, 2011, a magnitude (level nine) earthquake hit Japan resulting to a brutal tsunami. Proceeding after the earthquake, radioactive water was recognized, exposing from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. According to the Japanese government the overall destruction of both the earthquake and tsunami are assuming to be three hundred billion dollars, which in currency of Yen is twenty-five trillion. Four years after the tragic incident residents detected mutated plants in the nearby city of Nasushiobara. There are plants, vegetables, and fruits that are mutated due to the earthquake and tsunami that occurred four years ago. Studies say that mutated flowers like daisies occur as a result of fasciation. Fasciation or cresting, develop due to rare condition of peculiar growth in vascular plants. Researchers have no doubt that mutation came into being by the earthquake that shook and the tsunami that flooded North Eastern Japan. 

This is ideally interesting to me because it astonished me that Japan was hit with magnitude of 9 earthquake with a tsunami. That is very menacing because it results to thousands to probably millions of death and what is more traumatizing is the fact that the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was also hit and destroyed. Nuclear Power Plants are extremely threatening especially when exposed to the environment and living things. Mutated plants, vegetables, and fruits? What has the world come to? If so, that this news is sincere then shortly food will be exterminated due to the nuclear and radiation effecting the grounds of north eastern Japan. People and animals cannot nourish food that contain radiation within the system because it can be a massacre. If people and animals did take in mutated vegetables and plants, will they become mutated as well? In my ideal opinion I think it is very horrific that mutation is occurring in Japan and that debris are washed up on North American beaches.

Green roots sprouting out of the tomato.

Mutation, radiation, and nuclear relate to the environment because these three things can effect the living people, animals, and plants in the environment. For example, the nuclear power plant already effected the environment because daises are mutated and are growing inwardly towards each other because of fasciation, vegetables are sprouting in different directions, and some are magnified in larger size or amount. Japanese people should no doubt stay away from radiated locations because their body can have a severe negative reaction to it. It might kill people and we do not want that. 

Resources:

**NOTE Video 1 is originally from Youtubers who discussed about the mutated plants, vegetables, and fruits after the devastating earthquake and tsunami four years ago in Japan. Plenty of foul language and crude humor may occur**

• Nuclear Mutant Plants and Veggies are Growing in Japan
• Land of Mutant Daisies
• Revenge of the Mutant Vegetables?
• Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011: Facts & Information

Study Links Polluted Air in China to 1.6 Million Deaths a Year

ScrAPES#4: Study Links Polluted Air in China to 1.6 Million Deaths a Year

by Dan Levin

August 13, 2015

            In China, which population stands at approximately 1.357 billion, contributes to the deaths of an estimated 1.6 million people every year due to it's toxic air which terminates smogs that originated from emissions in a distant industrial zone. Studies show that pollutants had airborne particles less than 2.5 microns in diameter. This motive's aftereffect leads to asthma, strokes, lung cancer and heart attacks. Ninety percent of 360 cities in China failed to meet the standards of air quality in the first few months of this year. Air pollution subsidizes seventeen percent of deaths in the nation each year. For China most of their air pollution are caused by coal-burning factories in Shijiazhuang of Hebei Province. 

                It is utterly interesting to me that China's President, Xi Jinping and their government could not have done any more diminishing egregious ways for their community and even in a whole country to suffer. I have heard plenty of rumors about China; from being a communist to invading countries like the Philippines, Tibet, Japan and soon other Eastern and Southeast Asian countries. I am not surprise that China has a mere tremendous amount of pollution, China is most likely the uttermost polluted and unhealthy country in the world. Their climate is unquestionably unhealthy, absence in social classes, equality, and money. They use their people primarily as slaves because of inequality and selfish desires. I know for a fact that as long as China's pollution is grave no one would want to visit. So then if there are no tourist there will be no appreciation for the good things of China. I am not saying China is an unacceptable country because every country has it's good and bad, but I am saying that China needs to change for their government, people, and society. 

Couple poses with gas mask for their wedding photos to protest heavy
pollution in China.

           China's pollution relates to the environment because it's fallout increases death tolls, and appalling environment; for example parks, grass, trees, and animals. Overall China in the future will soon see itself as the land of the forgotten. Everything will die not only because of pollution but because of mother nature itself as well, like global warming, changes of atomic plates, erosions, volcanic eruptions, and much more. Currently their people, the Chinese, are suffering from pollution. Most are suffering asthma and lung cancer due to their lungs taking up polluted air because polluted air consist of harmful and poisonous effects. They are also most likely iron deficient due to lack of sunlight. Iron deficiency can result to anemia and severe anemia can cause to heart diseases such as heart disease and for pregnant women it can result to newborns with deformation. Animals and plants are dying too. If trees die there will be barely any oxygen for living things to take in and also causes starvation because of lack of sources for food, since everything will die. It is partially the China's government's misdeed to why air is polluted because they are careless to  fix their dispute. Other than that just because China's government is fallacious their people and climate need to be much more vigorous; Citizens need to have equality, jobs, and lively environment for a valuable outcome.

Sources: 

• Study Links Polluted Air in China to 1.6 Million Deaths a Year
• 23 Shocking Photos Reveal How Bad China’s Pollution Problem Has Become
• Couple Poses With Gas Masks For Their Wedding Photos To Protest Heavy Pollution In China