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Allison Mrugal 00/00/00 Film Annotation 15: Sust. Ed., 4280-01 Prof. Fortun
 * Kids and Chemicals **

Prompt: Watch (Bill Moyer's) [|Kids and Chemicals] (50 minutes), list five points in the film that sparked your attention, then use the film to complete the long view chart on sustainability education. Paste the chart into your journal entry (last one!) -- filling it in by drawing from __all__ your journal entries.

Response: Parts in the film that sparked my attention: Long View Table
 * 1) Pregnant women in cities, like New York City, will expose growing fetuses to toxins at critical times in development. The amount of toxins and timing of development impact the severity of damage caused to the baby. Even the act of wearing a pollution detecting backpack made expecting mothers more aware of air pollution around them. It is, in itself, an interesting--and debatable--way to inform people about air pollution.
 * 2) Lead levels can be measured in teeth. Having increased lead levels can also decrease your intelligence level.
 * 3) Is failure in school due to pollution? Often fence line communities are exposed to environmental injustice in one way or another. Children at play in underprivileged areas, for example, may not have been able to afford the removal of lead from their everyday lives, like in paint from windowsills. This may impact underprivileged children in school in ways that other privileged children do not experience.
 * 4) Neighbors knew that harmful toxins were in their community but did not want to speak out against their neighbors. They risked their health for the sake of their neighbors, which likely would not happen today. Not speaking out is now considered heresy instead of speaking out against neighbors. Science alone cannot save citizens, communities must also act.
 * 5) When buying organic, consumers reduce their exposure to toxic pesticides that can harm them and their children. Other understated efforts include refusing to use bug spray and chemical cleaning products.