January 17

People should have less soda

  People should drink less soda

 

By Mia Gallo

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Do you care about your health? If you do,   you should not have soda as much it has a lots of  sugar which is bad for you, soda has a lot of calories, and soda can give tooth decay.

 

Soda has much sugar and that amount of is unhealthy for your body.  and that is a lot and is too much sugar for one day.Soda has 121/3 teaspoons of sugar. You need about 21/3 teaspoons of sugar every day. Can you stop having soda as much because it is only good to help you read and write. When you have too much soda it can get you very jittery and that from the sugar and caffeine.

Soda has a lot of  calories. Even small cans are 30 calories and also can be 90 calories and big cans are 138 calories! It is wild that the big cans of soda are 138 calories?

Soda can give you tooth decay, it has so much sugar and some people drink too much soda and it can make you all fat and can be very very bad for you. Also like I said it can give you tooth decay.

If you have learned anything, be aware that you don’t drink too much soda and have a great and healthy life. Like I keep saying SODA IS BAD FOR YOU1!!!!!!!!!

 

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January 17

Ban Plastic Bags

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Did you know 1,440 million plastic bags are used each day? Plastic bags are taking over the world! We should ban plastic bags. Plastic bags harm the environment. Second, they also kill animals, most of which are marine life. Third, It can also harm humans but most people don ’t know it.

Please Recycle

That’s a lot of plastic bags, right?

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One reason we should ban plastic bags is that they harm the environment. Plastic bags go in the soil and release toxic chemicals which are dangerous to those animals that live under the ground. Also, only 1-3% of our plastic bags are recycled, with a lot going into landfills or, worse, our oceans. Another fact is that it takes 1,000 years for plastic bags to break down!

 

Another reason we should ban plastic bags is that they kills animals. And did you know that 1 billion seabirds and mammals die each year for ingesting plastic bags? That’s a lot! Most animals mistake bags for food like jellyfish. Also, if animals are small enough they can get strangled in them when they’re floating around in the ocean. Something else is that land animals like seagulls eat plastic lying around near the ocean.

 

My last reason is that plastic bags harm humans too. When they make pollution, it hurts our health especially our lungs, if we breathe it in. People don’t also understand that when you use too many plastic bags, too much carbon dioxide gets in the air we will all die because there’s very low oxygen. We will run out of fish for food because they’d be dead by plastic bags.

Canvas bags are a better choice but only if you clean them because they have bacteria. Less than 5% of US shoppers use canvas bags. We need to change that number by using reusable bags. Let’s ban plastic bags! You’ll save tons of animal’s lives, help the environment, and help humans too.

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January 17

Ban Cigarettes!

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Something is expanding , and killing` millions each year. They are called Cigarettes.We need to ban them because they are bad for human health,pollute the air, and cost billions of dollars for all countries. Also cigarettes are addictive and unhealthy  to animals.

 

Cigarettes are bad for human health. For example it makes the lungs appear dark and mottled. Also it has nicotine that make people addicted to cigarettes.It also causes a disease called lung cancer whitch can kill people.This is one reason why we need to ban cigarettes.

 

Cigarettes also are bad for the Earths atmosphere.The pollution emitted by cigarettes is 10 times greater than diesel car exhaust. It helps cause global warming, which is melting the polar ice caps and killing polar bears.Global warming is when carbon dioxide thickins the atmosphere and traps heat in the atmosphere of earth and cigarettes emitt carbon dioxide.

 

Also it costs health care and citizens billions of dollars every year.America spends $80,000,000,000 on cigarettes each year!

Some people say smoking relieves stress  and is healthy  for you.Others say it gives you a lot of money when you sell cigarettes. Many think it is good in millions of ways.New zealand collected $842 000,000 in tobacco TAX alone!

We need to stop and make cigarettes illegal. As you see they are unhealthy , pollute the planet , and cost healthcare billions of dollars.Are you going to help save our planet and people… or help destroy it?

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January 17

Is candy really so sweet?

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Candy is yummy but it’s full of sugar which is bad for you.

Do you know how much sugar you’re eating? Just on Halloween alone 600 million pounds of candy is eaten in the U.S. That’s the equivalent to the weight of 6 titanic ships! Do you care for your health? If yes, then don’t eat too much candy. Candy is bad for your health, has no nutritional value and has lots of calories, and also it is bad for your teeth.

Candy is not good for your health. It has lots of sugar. Sugar is bad for your health. When the amount of sugar in your blood gets too high it can damage your eyes and kidneys and slow down your blood in your feet and fingers. Too much sugar is also linked to diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that starts making a person sick. It could also damage you when you are an adult or at any age.

Scientist named the calories in candy “empty calories.” Empty calories has no nutrients like vitamin D or C it has nothing it has NO vitamins.

Too much sugar is also bad for your teeth. The sugar in the candy can cause cavities. If your adult teeth get cavities it can affect your overall health.

Some people say candy is delicious so we should keep eating it. But be careful not to eat too much. The most important thing is to balance your diet, and brush your teeth if you eat candy. If you want to eat candy then eat dark chocolate it is good for you it has vitamin D and A and more milk.

 

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January 17

No More Plastic Bags

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Did   you know that more than 100,000 plastic bags are killing sea animals every year? And yet, 500,000,000,000 plastic bags are used worldwide! Now that doesn’t make sense!!! All people and the earth would benefit if we banned plastic bags.

Did you know that it takes 10 to 20 years for plastic bags to reduce? On top of that it takes oil to make a plastic bag in the first place. Oil is VERY expensive and is the same stuff used to make gas for cars and run machines and lots of other stuff. “It takes about 430,000 gallons of oil to produce 100 million plastic bags, and the U.S. goes through 380 billion of them a year.”

 

So lets get back to the part when plastic bags reduce in 10 to 20 years. Well that isn’t so good, but this is the worst part. When it reduces there are still little bits of the plastic bag that can NEVER recycle! Guess who eats those tiny pieces? Yes, you with the groceries packed in your little plastic bag, you are correct, the sea animals!!! Let me list a few (maybe all). Sea turtles, sea lions, sea gulls, fish, penguins,and seals.

 

News flash people! If fish die then how will we have sushi!!!! But seriously, the ocean and all the things that live in it are really important to our environment. This is what Robert Hunziker, from The Dissident Voice says: “The ocean is the lifeblood of the world, and the survival of humanity is inextricably (that means you can’t separate it) linked to its health the ocean (1) creates more than half of our oxygen; (2) it drives weather systems”So what he is saying is that we should protect the ocean and all the creatures that live in it.

 

I got back from Hawaii a few days ago and it is a place where the people respect the environment and guess what  they have already banned plastic bags! I am also glad that I didn’t go to a different island – the island that is MADE of plastic bags! This island is in the Pacific Ocean between California and Japan (just a bit North of Hawaii). Guess how big it is? You won’t believe it… this island made of OUR TRASH is 2 TIMES BIGGER THAN TEXAS! So that is why we should ban plastic bags. We would all benefit if we all work together to ban plastic bags.

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January 17

School Uniforms Should be Banned

There Shouldn’t be School Uniforms.

by Tawnie

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Did you know that 63% of people say no to school uniforms? Most American schools don’t have school uniforms but lots are making the shift. School uniforms should be banned from all schools.They’re uncreative, and they can be very expensive.

 

Misleading

     Some kids wear silly or fancy clothes to school and that’s their style. If kids like that get introduced to uniforms that aren’t their style they can be misled, meaning kids will judge them and think they’re no fun.

 

Uncreative

   School uniforms are also very uncreative. Most school uniforms are drab, they’re usually black or gray. If kids are wearing dull colors no one can express themselves, if they like to dress crazy, they should be allowed.

 

Expensive

Can you guess how much school uniforms cost? Lets just say that they can be in between $255-$420. Retailers are being shut out of this $675 million market. Did you know that secondary schools are now selling uniforms for $420 and primary schools are selling them for $255.

 

Who wants to be uncreative, unidentified or spend a lot of money on clothes. Would you like to be one of those people? Some people say school uniforms can save time in the morning and they make everyone look the same, but that’s boring rushing in the morning is what makes life fun and interesting.

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January 15

Trash Hurts

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Fifty percent of all liter is cigarette butts.

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How Trash Gets to the Ocean

Lots of trash ends up in the ocean. How does it get there? Well, some people through cigar butts or other trash out there car windows or while they walk down streets or alleys. The trash gets pushed over to the side of the road or to the sidewalk. Most people don’t bother to pick up and throw away trash thats not theirs, but if they don’t they’re just helping the trash get to our waterways. Then after a big rain the trash flows down the streets, caught in the rush of water, to the sewers and then to the ocean. There the trouble begins. Nine billion tons of trash ends up in the ocean every year.

 Ocean Animals

Have you ever gone swimming in the ocean and seen a piece of trash floating in the water? Well you should pick it up and throw it away. Animals like fish will eat this trash and die, a dolphin mite eat the fish then the dolphin dies to.  A seal or a turtle sees a plastic bag, thinking that it is a jellyfish the seal eats it. After this the seal can drown, starve, or choke, all a slow and painful process. Any ocean creature can get sick, severely injured, or even die. Sometimes when a baby turtle swims they can swim into a plastic holder for soda and can get stuck. When there shell grows their body can become deformed.

Land Mammals

When you throw a fishing line away, make sure that you put it in the trash. If you don’t, the fishing line can get caught on the legs, wings, and necks of animals. Do you drink liquid that comes in a glass bottle? You should put it in the trash or recycle. If the glass falls and breaks pick up the pieces because, when a coyote or a fox goes by the glass pieces it can get stuck in their paws and can hurt them. Cans are dangerous because when a mouse or other small mammal gets its head stuck in the can they can die because they can’t get there head out. Then they starve or die of thirst.

People

Trash is everywhere in the ocean, in the air, and on the ground. Litter is there because of humans. We through out so much trash and most of that can be recycled or made into dirt. Trash makes neighborhoods and yards ugly. If you’re having a party or a get together you don’t want trash flying around. The trash uses too much money to clean up. If we use all our money to get trash to the dumps then families will have no money to get food and other needs. The government won’t be able to pay their workers and if everyone has no money, then no one will go to the stores and they will close. About $11.5 billion is spent on the litter, just to get it cleaned up. If you don’t want to pay that much then don’t litter.

To Hard to Stop Littering

Some people say its to hard to stop littering. “There is already too much trash in and on the world. It would cost a lot and it would be to hard to clean up. The world is fine, we don’t all have to change our ways. Maybe only a couple million people need to stop. Then all of the other people can keep their routines.”

People need to stop littering. Its not that hard, its just common sense! Animals are suffering, humans are in trouble, you don’t want any of this to happen because of you. So make your mark and end the pain, stop littering.

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January 5

Hanukkah

 

Hanukkah is a holiday celebrated in late November or in early December. The story that goes with this holiday has many versions. The versions only differ because they say the miracle happened at different times; before the battle, during the battle, or after the battle. One tale is that after the Jews (the people who celebrate Hanukkah) defeated the Syrians in a war, they went back to their destroyed temple. They were trying to rebuild the temple, but only had enough oil to light all of the lamps for one night only. The miracle was that the oil for the lamps lasted eight nights instead of one night. Today in memory of them we eat latkes, play dreidel, light the menorah, and sing songs.

Such as:

Rock Of Ages

I Have A Little Dreidel

and

Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah

 

 

 

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