tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54566594064000249012012-02-16T20:13:02.748-08:00Why Human Canaries Stop Singing...A personal dialogue...I am a canary that is becoming more and more sensitive to the "world" we live in. These are personal thoughts about living in a polluted world, how it feels to relate to the people in it and how it feels to not be accepted for who I am, to not be accepted for who I am not and not be accepted for who I never will be.HEIRS Health & Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06108827715071093609noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456659406400024901.post-12351307377885249502010-02-11T12:18:00.000-08:002010-02-22T15:18:33.450-08:002010-02-22T15:18:33.450-08:00"Canaries In a Coal Mine - We Are Harbingers of the Future!"In other blogs, I provide some interesting biological reasons (listed below) why I may be a canary. Here, are a few facts about canaries, humans and birds.....I thought might be of interest.....I will keep adding to them as the mood strikes me..... <br />
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<ul><li>Two toxic gases that effect all birds are ammonia and carbon monoxide. To put in perspective where the phrase "Canary in a Coal Mine" came from. One author writes, Canaries are especially sensitive to methane and carbon monoxide, which made them ideal for detecting any dangerous gas build-ups. As long as the canary in a coal mine kept singing, the miners knew their air supply was safe. A dead canary in a coal mine signalled an immediate evacuation. (Wisegeek)</li>
<li>Household and commercial products such as alcohol, antifreeze (ethylene glycol), old solvent cleaners that contain carbon tetrachloride, fertilizers, and mothballs (naphthalene), are highly toxic and most cause liver and/or kidney damage in all birds. (Theodore)</li>
<li>Ammonia is a precursor of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), arguably the number-one environment-related public health threat facing the nation. (Shih)</li>
<li>Three pollutants from a pig slurry methane, ammonia and nitrous oxide. (Sherlock)</li>
</ul>For Further Reading: <a href="http://heirsresearch.blogspot.com/2010/02/nrf2-ornithine-transferase-autism-and.html">Nrf2, Ornithine Transferase, Autism and Maternal Age -- A Possible Link?</a><br />
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What Does it Mean to to Be a Canaries in a Coal Mine. WiseGeek. Retrieved on Febuary 11, 2010. <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-canary-in-a-coal-mine.htm">http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-canary-in-a-coal-mine.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/page2.htm">Toxins</a> by K.J. Theodore. Retrieved on February 11, 2010.<br />
Shih, J.-S., Burtraw, D., Palmer, K., and Siikamäki, J. (2006). Air emissions of ammonia and methane from livestock operations: Valuation and policy options. <a href="http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/6712816">http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/6712816</a><br />
Sherlock, R. R., Sommer, S. G., Khan, R. Z., Wood, C. W., Guertal, E. A., Freney, J. R., Dawson, C. O., and Cameron, K. C. (2002). Ammonia, methane, and nitrous oxide emission from pig slurry applied to a pasture in new zealand. J Environ Qual, 31(5):1491-1501. <a href="http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/6713551">http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/6713551</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5456659406400024901-1235130737788524950?l=heirshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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