1) Reflect on this relatively unique set of experiences we are experiencing and how you are managing to stay sane and healthy. This is the first time all of my classes have been online and so far it hasn't been too bad. This is an opportunity to set my pace for my classes and get ahead if I want to. To keep my sanity and stay in the present I have been doing yoga every morning, today was day 8 and I'm not sure if it's helping as much now as it was in the beginning. I chose yoga because focusing on the breath is what draws you to the present and takes your focus off of the past or the future. I have also continued to journal nightly when I first started to journal I only did it when something really big would happen. Then as I switched to nightly I had wished for something exciting to write about, but this is not what I had intended. I have also tried to go on a walk every day but with it snowing in it makes it less desirable. As for staying healthy, I saw a video on the internet about how to properly wash your hands without missing a spot and now as far as I'm aware everyone in my household is using the proper technique. When I go to work I make sure to wash my hands often and have had to learn how to take a stand against clients who don't want to follow our no-contact policy. 2) Reflect on any concerns about your job, family, or education that you are experiencing right now. Things at home are getting a little weird, just last night my aunt called my mom and she was talking about how fights are breaking out in the parking lots up in Washington over toilet paper... she then recommended to my mom that we get a gun to protect the house in case neighbors get desperate. I do not see this as necessary because at least in Utah there is still a heavy religious moral compass. I also pointed out that none of us know how to use a gun so it would do more harm than it would help. At my work, we have been deemed an essential business since we are the only clinic in Utah that gives medical care to exotic animals. We have gone to no contact so we have people drop their pet at the door and we as reception bring the carrier in, wipe it down and then take it to the back where we handle all conversations with the owner over the phone. I like this plan because it helps us all stay healthy, however, this has lead to idling in our parking lot which frustrates me as well as people getting nasty and cross with us for taking the needed precautions. 3) On pages 7 and 8 of Chemicals, Cancer, and You FS.pdf, it discusses several risk factors that increase your risk of cancer. Which are factors that you can control? What are you doing to limit your risk? Reflect on your lifestyle choices. For example, are you consciously limiting your exposure to chemicals that might be carcinogens? Things like age and genetics will always play a part that we can't change, but things like behavior what I put in my body or on my body, exposure to chemicals what I bring into my house in my food or household cleaners & viruses and bacteria are kind of a factor you can control, you can control how you react to catching a cold or flu as well as what measures you take to ensure you don't catch them to start with. Breast cancer runs in my family, so when the scientists were talking about putting your phone in your bra increases the likelihood of you contracting breast cancer so I don't ever put my phone there or in pockets close to my chest. Other than that, the CDC says to limit alcohol consumption and not to smoke. And since I can't legally drink and I don't find smoking appealing I can say I am taking care of myself in that way as well. Since I'm not sure what carcinogens are out there other than the five mentioned in the pdf. I can't say for sure, however, we are super particular on what we buy and bring into the house. My mom has a deep knowledge of what chemicals to look out for in food so we don't buy it until we read the ingredients and know that what's in it isn't as harmful as it could be. Realistically living in America it is impossible to stay away from chemicals in food, lotions, and aerosols but we do try to do out best. 4) Describe your Instagram photo and why you chose to take and post that particular photo and what is its connection to the topic of the week. I chose my dry shampoo because it took me an hour and 5 other cleaners before I asked my mom for help and she had all the good ideas of the stuff we use in our hair and how it affects us while we breathe it in. I didn't know that it would have butane, isobutane, and propane in it, I knew that all canned aerosol have so many things in them to make them pressurized and then able to spray and I know that all aerosol cans are flammable, but I was really surprised that it had things as flammable as propane and butane. By sharing this I hope to bring this awareness to other people. Here are my sources: FDA Cosmetic Info Effects of Butane 5) What was one thing that you found particularly interesting this week?
I loved learning about the health impacts of pollution, as homo sapiens we think we are so wise and what effects animals won't reach us at the top of the food chain (not everyone feels this way this is just a generalization). Yet not even we are safe from what we do to this planet and the lives around us. In the article that talked about the microplastics that were found in human fecal I wasn't even surprised, I did a project on microplastics and found that Washington D.C. has some of the heavily ladened plastic particles in their drinking water. I did not, however, think about it getting to us through in our air and through dermal exposure, that is really scary and interesting for me to learn.
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