Chemical Disarmament struggles

The United States' effort to dispose of poisonous chemicals has been very costly and dangerous. To rid of these weapons, it has been time-consuming and so costly that its bill has so far totaled to 35.4 billion dollars. The slower the process is, the more expensive. The reason it has been taking so long is because there has been opposition from the public to dismantle this chemical weapons and there are so many suggestions as to how it should be done. There are many concerns dealing with public health and environment safety. In order to ensure no possible hazards, many people believe that it should be done sooner rather than later.



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/science/decades-of-disarmament.html?pagewanted=2&ref=science

Drug-resistant diseases

      Recent studies have shown that drug-resistant diseases have affected 2 million people and of that 2 million, 23,000 people have died. This is becoming a serious problem with catostrophic consequences. These consequences include ultimately wiping out all medicines if we are not careful. This means that we would have to go back to a time when there were no medecines to heal or cute diseases that now have antibiotic resistance. In order to prevent this, scientists are now looking for new antibacterial microbes to replace the now resistant microbes.

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/cdc-warns-of-rise-in-drug-resistant-diseases-1.6085948