BigDog Speaks

Recent studies have shown sharks with all kinds of medications in their systems. It is unknown if this will cause problems for the sharks in the future. Common sense says sharks don't need the medications that people take so, I think it is a certainty that problems will arise.

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We all invest heavily in our 'brain trusts', scientist who study all kinds of things and then decide a possible outcome from the data they collect. What happened to good old fashioned logic? Where are the Vulcans when we need them the most?

Flushed unused and expired medicines are turning up in sharks, so the study says. I figure it is a pretty safe bet the same cocktails are turning up in anything that lives in those waters. That statement seems pretty logical to me. Since society has evolved into a pill for everything routine, it is only logical that the waste, surplus, by-products are going into the environment since we aren't known for our forward thinking. Logically, sharks with traces of anti-depressants, cholestrol lowering drugs, and anything else society happens to be using right now will have some repercussions. I doubt sharks get depressed anymore than they have cholestrol issues, they are obviously getting chemicals they don't need. Anything that is not required for health and well-being is probably detrimental. I think that is a logical statement.

Wouldn't it make more sense to state outright that the sharks (and waterever else lives in their environment) are NOT going to benefit from people drugs, and take steps to cure the cause, rather than study the after effects more? I don't know, that just seems to me to be the better choice rather than pumping more money into a study when regardless of the outcome, we need to STOP polluting our waters.

We worry about melamine in foods we might ultimately eat but, don't give a thought to what we flush or toss into our surrounding environment. Can you say, disaster waiting to happen?

Impact of Marine Polution on Society by Center for Ocean Management Staff

Soil and Aquifer Pollution: Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids - Contamination and Reclamation by Hillel Rubin, Nava Narkis, Judith Carberry

Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living by Annie Berthold-Bond