First of all, I'd like to say that I hope everyone enjoyed the seminar and was able to take something away from it. I know I sure did. Susan's story sure was inspiring. After learning about how greedy and immoral corporations can be it's nice to know that a grassroots project was able to overcome the much adversity I'm sure it faced to take a bit of the power away and protect not only the environments health but ours as well! It can be done! With much dedication and perseverance of course.
This project is based in a country where we have many freedoms and resources available. As we saw in the video Susan showed, the same type of thing is happening in countries that aren't so fortunate and so they must live their lives knowing that harmful chemicals are entering their body every day and are having adverse effects on them. I'm not sure how many places this is applicable to but even the fact that there's one means there must be some sort of investigation or "environmental research" conducted to fix this because we're all human and in my opinion, no one should have any more rights than others, including the right to live in a potentially deadly toxin-free environment. So it's good to know that things are being done about this because the effects shown in the video are extremely disheartening.
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Definitely enjoyed the seminar, and the gelato. I also found Susan’s story to be inspiring and relieving that one person can make a difference. I’m glad that residential pesticide use is close to being banned in Ontario, I think Canada should follow suit and invoke a national ban. I also agree that we need some kind of environmental research to ensure that individuals who are disadvantaged based on social class are not polluted as they try to earn a living. The effects shown in the video were extremely disheartening and i hope that someone picks up on this study and helps to pan the use of harmful pesticides.
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