Annika's Current Events Blog

        Single-use polystyrene food and drink containers have been banned in Maine, making it the first state to ban styrofoam. The bill was signed by Gov. Janet Mills, it will be enforced by 2021. Oregon, Vermont, and Connecticut are considering the single-use containers state wide. Some states have similar bans like New York and California have a ban on plastic bags. Companies like McDonalds and Dunkin’ Donuts have started to eliminate the styrofoam cups from their retail locations. The European Union has agreed to ban some single-use plastic containers like polystyrene, they hope to help the marine pollution.        I believe it’s great that Maine signed this bill. Saving the environment is very important because we have this world and that’s all we have. I don’t think many people realize how big of a movement this is. First Maine is the first of the states to ban polystyrene single-use containers, second its one step closer to getting rid of human waste. Styrofoam is not biodegr

A medical student, Rom Rahimian, was helping a 20-year-old Guatemalan woman. She was found dehydrated, pregnant and in labor in the desert. Border patrol agents lingered in the room during medical examinations, they observed while physicians helped to stop her labor, listened in on conversations with doctors and even watched her ultrasounds. The agents started pressing that the patient is put into an immigration detention facility. As migrants cross the southern border many are taken to community hospitals. The respect and treatment of them have gone down, from restricting them from using restrooms to pressuring medical officials to discharge them to Immigration detention facilities. Although these people are migrants they deserve the respect of a human being, they aren’t dirt and treating them poorly won't do anything for them or us. Everyone deserves privacy if you were in the hospital in poor condition you wouldn’t want someone to be watching your every move. Not letting som

On a school trip to a resort island, a Korean ferry had flipped and drowned 250 students. Families couldn’t do anything, students were calling parents to say their last goodbyes, South Korea could only watch. The nation would hope that from the disaster they could make a change. Some change has been enforced but it's hard to stop a lying crew. The Sewol Ferry crew knew they could make a good profit off of the school trip, they lied about the capacity of the ship. Shippers had loaded twice the legal limit of cargo on the decks, some would be tied with only ropes or nothing at all. If inspectors had boarded the ship the overboard decks would be hard to miss. Today the cheating still occurs even with new laws at sea. Some people don’t realize what money can do, in this case, the greed factor killed 250 students. The company that owned the ship didn’t care about the safety of the passengers, only about the money. With many safety precautions not taken, like secured luggage and no