http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49897/title/Case_of_the_toxic_gingerbread_man
There where Christmas ornaments that were producing a source of indoor air anomalies. These toxins contaminate shallow ground water reservoirs. The vapors from them can seep into homes as the pollutants follow beneath them. The data of the Hill Air Force base would indicate that the lone ornament, the gingerbread man, could elevate DCA concentrations in a entire house above the level that is considered safe. Products found to be admitting these toxins came from china. They DCA can harden the inexpensive plastic but that is not allowed in the US. They suspected that house hold cleaners and other consumer products where the source of the high DCA and TCE levels, but there data concluded that it came from a plastic box, filled with Christmas ornaments. They tested some paint chips, but they found little DCA. They then amputated the legs of the ginger man and they found high levels of DCA.
1 comment:
I felt that the article chosen was an interesting choice for a forensics class, as one does not normally read about the chemical positives of gingerbread men. The review presented the information in a colloquial and easy to understand way. Finally, it was short and easy to get the jest of in a quick read.
However, I felt that some of the information, specifically facts were not well presented. I was not explained what DCA concentrations are or what significance they have to forensics. In addition, some of the sentence structures were a tad confusing, where I lost track of what the real problem the article was trying to present.
Before reading this article I was not aware that the gingerbread man was such a violate threat to the American society.
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