Second Meeting:
The purpose of the meeting is to determine our topic and individual roles.
Topic: Runoff of contaminants in to stream/rivers from farms.Roles: individual of society - Briar & Emmanuelle.
Representative of NGO - Olivia
New Entrepreneurial company - Brittany & Rajas
The next step to find out which outcomes we are looking to solve.
Problems at a glance: brief research
4 main pollutants: nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, fecal matter.
Herbicide used to be used: 245t and 24d, but now they just use 24d (an ingredient of agent orange)
Pests in general (rabbits) and chemicals to get rid of them
Modification of genome of marine animals
Destruction of plant life, encouraging growth of harmful plants.
Limited swimming in rivers/streams due to pollution
Pollution of drinking water
Could affect NZ economy because of tourism, NZ has a clean green image and pollution destroys this
Destruction of natural resources causing economical repercussion for future generations
Goal for next meeting:
Complete research and goals
Determine outcomes and solutions
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