A new study has shown that air pollution is being linked to new cases of adult diabetes in the United States. Pollution is still a major risk factor after other factors have been accounted for, such as ethnicity and obesity.
Air pollution, especially particulate matter, between 0.1 and 2.5 micrometers may possibly be a neglected risk factor for diabetes. This is dangerous, because of its small size and it can invade human organs in the vascular and respiratory systems.
Laboratory studies have found that precursors to diabetes have resulted from exposure to air pollution. This is one of the first efforts to examine the connection of air pollution and diabetes on a large scale; which is examining the human population. Scientists examined the pollution from the contagious people in the United States between 2004 and 2005, and compared it against Centers for Disease Control and the United States Census data for adult diabetes and other risk factors. The laboratory results showed that there was a very strong correlation between air pollution and diabetes.
My opinion is that we should obviously create less pollution, to reduce the risk of diabetes. This also relates to class because while we reduce pollution, we're helping the environment, as well as helping reduce the risk of diabetes.
A new study has shown that there are 42 conservation areas for saving tigers. It seems that the logical thing to do would be to find the key areas where tigers breed and conserve those specific areas, but that isn't being done.
The problem is that only one third of the 3,200 tigers living in the wild are breeding females, which is only 6% of the available habitat. Most of the breeding areas are in India, Eastern Russia, Indonesia, and some parts of Asia. Decreasing poaching in these areas would definitely help the population of tigers. The Wildlife Conservation Society suggested increasing law enforcement and surveillance, but that would cost around $82 million a year; $35 million for larger population monitoring, community organizing, and law enforcement, and $42 million for conserving the source sights. There have been efforts that were successful in the past for tigers, and even African rhinoceros.
The Wildlife Conservation Society's Dr. Joe Walston stated that in the past, efforts have failed to prevent the poaching of tigers and their prey, and the focus needs to be on securing the sites where the 6% of tigers live.
In my opinion, the Wildlife Conservation Society should help decrease poaching in the areas where the tigers breed, and everywhere tigers live, for that matter. The tiger population has already dropped by 97% in the last 20 years, and I personally think that number shouldn't drop anymore. This relates to class because the tiger population is decreasing and without tigers, the animals they eat will be overpopulated, which would definitely change the environment.
I'm Mckenzie & I'm a junior. I like hanging out with friends, listening to music, and shopping. In environmental this year I would like to learn about the many different issues concerning the environment. I would also like to learn how to fix those certain issues.
Air pollution, especially particulate matter, between 0.1 and 2.5 micrometers may possibly be a neglected risk factor for diabetes. This is dangerous, because of its small size and it can invade human organs in the vascular and respiratory systems. 
