Over the winter break I did not do much, i mostly spent it at home with my family. I did go out here and there for example i went ice skating with my sister. I also celebrated my 17th birthday so there is that. I visited L.A Zoo Lights, which was fun and interesting to see the park lit up. I did not meet any new people over the summer as i stayed for the most part at home. One movie i do remember clearly watching is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. it was a great movie and i really enjoyed it, I found it on Netflix and decided to watch after being recommended to watch the movie by several friends. I did not attend any sport events and also there were not that many sports events on television over the break. I only watched Cleveland play golden State on Christmas day. My whole break was a ctr experience i did nothing but good. One book i read over the weekend was The Awakening by Kate Chopin. There was a lot of homework left for me over the break, mainly due to my English and history class. I had about 17 different assignments to do for history, and a research paper, as well as a power point presentation on gender. Other than that i did not much over the break, but it was well spent.
Soil Toxicity I choose the topic because it is something i am knowledgeable and because the information is still fresh in my mind. The soil around our community has been infected by various toxins, one of these mainly being lead. Lead is naturally found within our soil along with other metals such as Zinc and Arsenic. Lead is measured in a unit known as parts per million. Parts per million, or ppm for short, is a conversion for milligram per cubic meter. The normal range for lead is currently at about 15-40 parts per million according to the EPA. After a experiment was performed we realized that the homes within our community have around 115 parts per million of soil, which is above the american average. According to the EPA, once lead reaches 400 ppm then it becomes a danger to us and once it reaches 1200 ppm then the area needs to be closed off as it become a serious health hazard. Although the results were not that high, it was still alarming. Lead has a negative impact on
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