BioChem Week 12:

One of the discussions from today was the article about radioactive remnants from decades- old bomb tests on our ocean floor. This is a tragic reminder that what we do has long term consequences. We may not see the effects of our experiments, they may disappear from our consciousness, or we the experimenters can long be dead and gone by time our decisions and the effects from our decisions are seen by generations that surpass us.

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