Ultrasound Parallel

Here is a parallel I thought of to describe the effects of the vibrations caused by Ultrasounds onto the developing fetal brain..... It's like Intel continuing it's delicate production of it's newest Pentium Processors through a earthquake....


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Tobacco and Alchohol Advertising

So over the past few years I have seen them ban tobacco advertising more and more, until you can't see it anywhere now, not even a pack behind the counter at the convenience store! They have even talked about banning all flavored tobacco cause it may draw kids to smoke. Then, driving the other day on Memorial Drive I see the Calgary C Train fly past me, with an ENTIRE train car painted with a massive Bud Lime Beer add, the entire thing was covered front to back! Made me shake my head, how many people die directly or indirectly from alcohol every minute of the day, how much abuse or pain does it causes to society! How many fights or torturous actions take place under the influence of it??? How many dollars of our health care get wasted trying to deal with all the levels of health that alcohol use, consumption or association can cause?! And then it's flavored! haha To make it more appealing to kids I guess, with large adds depicting how cool it is!

Why would we make one thing so evil but the other Ok?

The alcohol companies must be lining some politicians pockets more then the tobacco companies, that's my guess....

UltraSound Dangers

I think people are using Ultrasounds a little too much these days... They say it is a harmless technology, that it is just sound waves, but in reality they haven't studied it's side effects yet. Experiments with Guinea pigs showed that their brain tissue could raise up to 5 degrees in temperature! The water and tissue absorb Ultrasound energy to heat things up. The fetus cannot regulate it's own body temperature so prolonged exposure can cause the heat to build up, and stay up causing brain tissue damage.

And besides, if you can break glass with sound then... It's not far off to say that when neuron pathways are forming in the brain they can get disrupted with the Ultrasonic sound waves. Maybe they form differently? Maybe some of them don't get to form altogether... Who knows without more studying? Another problem that has come up now is they can't even find a control group of pregnant woman who don't do ultrasounds to study. They can only find control groups of woman who have done it once, and more then once during term.