Mixing American Indian Roots With Environmental Science
Posted by NOVAscienceNOW_Motherboard on Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010
Ever since Alexandrea Bowman watched a video in grammar school of baby seals getting clubbed, she knew she was destined for environmental science. Fast forward to now, and Bowman is pursuing a degree at Queens College in New York, mixing her research on contaminants in Long Island Sound with her roots in Native American culture, and its attitude toward the environment. It might not be such a bad idea to take some ecological cues from the Native Americans — they took much better care of our land and waterways than we do. In the process, she’s finding some scary contaminants in the Sound, which affect the food we eat, causing birth defects and neurological damage. Thanks to the work of scientists like Alexandrea, one day we might eat our tuna melts without worry, and maybe jet ski on the Hudson like Will Smith in Hitch.
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GBT 4 months ago
Wait! Hold on a minute here... Who watches baby seals get clubbed in elementary school???
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