I came across a video on YouTube about this subject and decided that I would look into it because I am the first born in my family. This subject really interests me because I feel that I am the smartest out of my two little brothers at the same ages. I am also the only one who has not gotten in trouble in school that resulted in suspension.

        A new type of botulinum toxin, which is commonly known as botox, has been discovered by scientists recently called type H. These scientists say that this new substance is the deadliest substance known to man at least for now. A reason for them to claim this is that they have yet to find an antitoxin for it. This toxin comes from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which stops the chemical in your body that makes your nerves work and it causes botulism and death by paralysis.

 

        “British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is seeking regulatory approval for the world’s first malaria vaccine after trial data showed that it had cut the number of cases in African children.” After the trial results experts are very optimistic for a possibility of the first malaria vaccine.   

        Malaria is a parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquito bites. The disease kills hundreds of thousands of people each year world-wide. Tropical and subtropical places around the equator, which include Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Americas, are effected most by this disease. Mild malaria signs and symptoms don’t usually show up until 8-25 days after infection. The symptoms are very similar to the flu, but one of the most common symptoms is called paroxysm, which is a cycle of coldness and shivering to a fever and sweating. Severe malaria is much worse and symptoms don’t show up until 9-30 days. This type of malaria causes neurological symptoms, which include involuntary movements of limbs and eyes, seizures, or coma. After being infected for a while complications often occur for both severe and mild cases, which lead to about 25% adult deaths and 40% children deaths.

        Various types of air pollution causes millions of premature deaths world-wide each year. 2.1 million people are killed by only one form of atmospheric pollution called fine particulate matter or PM2.5, which is shown by a new atmospheric pollution model created by scientist Jason West. Fine particulate matter comes from car exhaust, smokestacks, and other industrial, domestic, and natural sources. They are the most dangerous form of pollution because it is the smallest and can more easily go into peoples lungs.

        There is a new illegal street drug that has recently arrived in the United States. This drug is called crocodile or “krokodil” and it chemically similar to heroin and morphine. The drug got is name from the way it affects addicts. Two things usually happen, which are they get dark, scaly lesions on there skin and the drug starts to eat the addicts alive, like a crocodile.

        On Sunday September 15 during the Seattle Seahawk versus San Francisco 49ers game the record was broken for loudest human generated sound. The previous record for loudest human generated sound was 131.76 decibels, which was set by a soccer match at the Ali Sami Yen Sport Complex in Istanbul, Turkey in 2011. The Seattle Seahawk fans have always been known for being loud fans, and they proved it that night.

        The 12th man of the Seattle Seahawks broke the record when their defensive end Michael Bennett sacked the 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick, and the crowd hit an explosive 131.9 decibels. That is impressive for the crowd to get that loud, but what is incredible is that the crowd beat their own record later in the game. Then in the fourth quarter the Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch walked into the end-zone for his second touchdown of the night. This caused the crown to erupt to an astonishing 136.6 decibels, which beat their previous record of the night by 4.7 decibels. There were about 68,000 people in the stadium that night, which makes it more impressive because that is not even that many people for a football game. To put it into perspective that crowd of 68,000 was almost as loud as a gunshot, which can cause immediate hearing damage. The Seattle Seahawks ended up winning that game 29 to 3, which makes them still undefeated at 2-0 as their record.