Letter to the President of the United States Essay

Letter to the President of the United States:

Concerning Environmental Conditions

Dear Mr. President,

As you well know, there are many concerns in our society today regarding the environment. Environmental degradation is a pressing issue, for it affects the things that we will pass on to generations to come. Many speak about the damaging effects of pollution to the ozone layer, or the deforestation of the world as a similar catastrophe; I would like to speak, in this letter, about a small living being: the tadpole.

At first glance, studying tadpoles may not seem very important; however, their lives can tell us about the lives of other amphibians, as they are often used as models for this kind of prediction. Even though studying a reptile's life may seem futile, tadpoles and other such reptiles are vital components to our environment, and should not go unnoticed, for they help keep the balance of our living world. This paper will, therefore, discuss the effects of environmental degradation on tadpoles and will present evidence of this from a study conducted by researchers at the University of South Florida. This study has found that a widely used pesticide named Chlorothalonil (this fungicide is utilized by humans to kill fungi on golf courses, lawns and crops), may actually contribute to the declines of amphibian populations. According to the research, the tadpoles exposed to higher levels of this pesticide, died within hours, while others, who were exposed to lower levels died within days. Only those tadpoles raised in a natural, pesticide-free environment survived. Thus, the study concluded that high mortality, in this case, directly correlates to use of Chlorothalonil. [1: Referenced from the study conducted at USF, retrieved from the website: .] Clearly, our society will not stop utilizing this pesticide, for it is utilized in….....