Non-Fiction Response Post #15

     I have just finished reading "Bad for Breathing" by Stephen Ornes. The article was about how pollution can cause diseases for the lungs and airways. Inhaling pollution can cause trouble breathing. In can cause asthma. Asthma is a condition that can cause difficulty in breathing, and is sometimes triggered by an allergy. Kids who are exposed to high levels of poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAH are most likely to have have asthma. 
     When a asthma attack occurs,your small airways in the lungs start to swell, which reduces how much air you can receive.  Which means that the person is going to have a very hard time drawing in air to breathe normally. 

Link :http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/study-connects-pollution-to-several-common-diseases-that-affect-the-lungs-and-airways/ 

Non fiction Response. Post #14

     I have just finished reading the article "When The Nose No Longer Knows" by Roberta Kwok. It was about how pollution hurts animals. It can damage their ability to smell. Clown fish are probably the fish who are most in danger of the pollution. Why? Because The clown fish don't run away from the scent of pollution, instead they go towards it.
     The pollution in the water can kill the fishes. Fish have neurons. And because these neurons are exposed to the environment in the water, the fish are very sensitive to changes.Any chemical in the water can affect the fishes nose. Copper in the water is bad. It can steal the fishes sense of smell. And if the fish can't smell, it can lead them to death. Other animals in the ocean can get hurt too. For example Crabs can get hurt too. Crabs who are exposed to acidified water, had a lot of trouble finding food and another shell to be in.
     We should help clean the oceans clean because we don't want the animals who live in the water to die right? We should keep the animals protected by not polluting the ocean.