This article was very interesting. It gave a lot of information about what the EPA has done and the future of what may happen to it. I never realized how much the EPA has impacted the US since it was formed. For example since the 1970's the EPA has reduced air pollution by 70%, and the percentage of America's polluted waterways has been cut almost in half since its formation. The hole in the ozone layer has also been healing, as well as a reduction of blood levels of lead, down 75%. The EPA has done a number of amazing things for our country and I hope they continue to do so with an interesting target on their backs. According to the article, "Trump's original blueprint slashed the EPA by 31%, eliminating 50 programs." I really hope that does not happen, but according to the EPA's website, they have started a new plan called "Back to Basics" where they plan to return to the original intent of the EPA to better help its partners and the economy as well as our planet.
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This article raised many questions about many different things, the biggest one being, Is this the start of World War 3? I think that this is a very scary but very real possibility in the world today. So many countries are trying not to make enemies or break relations with other countries that whenever they try to help there is a lot of controversy. For example in this article about the US strike on Syria one group, President Bashar al-Assad said that our decision to strike was, "Foolish and Irresponsible," as well as "Revealed its short-sightedness and political and military blindness to reality." On the other hand Syrian rebels "welcomed the strike and called for additional action, 'Hitting one air base is not enough- There are 26 airbases that target civilians'....'The whole world should save the Syrian people from the clutches of the killer Bashar and his aids." You can see here how just one action threatens one group, who may then attack us, but helps another that is trying to save their people from terrible ones. So is this the start of World War 3? I think only time will tell what happens when a country decides to act.
I believe there are many benefits to allowing first-year doctors to work 24-hour shifts. First of all it helps to delete some margin of error when doctors switch patients at the end of their 16 hour shifts. When this happens there is a lot of confusion between doctors on what is being done to the patients. Secondly it accumulates first year doctors to having to work these long shifts faster. When they become real time doctors they will be ready for the long and tiring shifts. This also seems to be the only option since the 16 hour shifts have been causing problems. The only problem proposed by this extension is that these doctors can become sleep deprived and it may be harder for them to work. Nevertheless I think this could be a very good improvement for first year doctors.
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