I volunteered with a friend to help clean Polliwog Park today. Polliwog is a great local park. It has a large pond, amphitheater, playgrounds, a botanical garden, and concerts in the summer. It is also a natural collection zone for water during storms, and often floods. Water is only pumped out when the water system can handle the additional water. As a result, the park accumulates unhealthy trash and other debris. It is a very busy park, particularly in the summer when concerts occur, and as such there is naturally a lot of trash left in places other than garbage cans. There is a great variety of wild life, including geese, ducks, and turtles. There is a lot to cleanup, and I enjoy helping to keep this park safe and healthy.
Environmental Science and Its Application to Health 