AiS Challenge Team Abstract
Team Number: 067
School Name: Picacho Middle School
Area of Science: Agricultural Science
Project Title: Health Effects of Harmful Herbicides
Our project is how the biological weapons from the Vietnam War are
now used as pesticides and what the health effects are. Some of those
chemicals include Agent Orange and Pheonoxy. We want to find out how long
it will take the people that get the chemicals through food to get the
same health effects as those who received it directly during the Vietnam
War. We hope to use these results to find out how long it will take the
health effects to set in. The information that we will give you a warning
of which pesticides to avoid. The World Health Organization has proven
that 80% of all cancers is caused by environmental influences. In 1950
25% of people could expect to have cancer during their life but today
about 40% of us can expect cancer in our life. Men that are non-tobacco
users have twice the risk of getting cancer as their grandfather before
them did. We will help people live healthier lives. The men and women in
the Vietnam War would wear a gas mask and would hide from horrible
biological weapons. Hard to believe that we now spray those on the foods
we eat everyday.
Team Members
Team Mail
Jean McCray
Project Mentor(s)