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Persuasive Speech | COMM - Public Speaking, Quizzes of Communication and Presentation Skills

Class: COMM - Public Speaking; Subject: Communication; University: Loyola University Chicago; Term: Forever 1989;

Typology: Quizzes

2014/2015

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TERM 1
Introduction
DEFINITION 1
My name is Teresa Davies, and I'll be presenting on...Attending
college at Loyola University, we get t o enjoy the beautiful Lake
Michigan right at our doorstep. Whet her were swimming in the
summer, out on a boat, or drinking fro m a water fountain, this
water is an important part of all of our lives. As humans, we
depend on bodies of water such as La ke Michigan, other
freshwater sources, and our oceans as crucial resources for
countless uses including for drinking w ater and for food.
TERM 2
Slide 2
DEFINITION 2
Unfortunately, one of the worst polluters of these beautiful
and useful bodies of water are microbeads. Microbeads are
those tiny, plastic shells that are found in some personal care
products such as soaps, moisturizers, toothpastes, and face
washes intending to be exfoliating. <Reference photos on
slide>
TERM 3
Slide 3 Part 1
DEFINITION 3
When theyre washed down the drai n, theyre so small that they
pass through most water treatment systems, and, as a result,
make it into bodies of water including oceans and lakes. This is
problematic firstly because they con tribute to the accumulating
plastic pollution in the water. Accordin g to Nature World News, 8
trillion plastic bits are dumped into oce ans and lakes every day,
and according to a study done by She rri Mason as cited by the
National Public Radio, 17,000 bits of tin y
TERM 4
Slide 3 Part 2
DEFINITION 4
plastic items are found per square km in Lake Michigan alone. In
addition to the currently unfixable po llution that they cause, these
microbeads look like food to marine c reatures, and can harm or kill
them once consumed due to the to xins the beads absorb. Now
this is a problem not only for the aqua tic creatures that consume
them, but for us, too, because if thes e toxins from trillions of
microbeads are passed on to, say, fish , they can be potentially
passed on to humans who eat the fis h, posing a serious health
risk.
TERM 5
Slide 4
DEFINITION 5
Luckily, this issue has been acknowle dged by many scientists and
a few state governments, including Il linois, and movements to
make microbeads illegal are in the w orks for upcoming years.
Unfortunately, this is not enough to r emedy the unimaginable
damage to our water sources that w ill occur between that time
and now. While businesses are exper imenting with more
environmentally-friendly replacemen ts for microbeads, such as
naturally dissolvable PHA plastic as obs erved by an article in
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TERM 1

Introduction

DEFINITION 1 My name is Teresa Davies, and I'll be presenting on...Attending college at Loyola University, we get to enjoy the beautiful Lake Michigan right at our doorstep. Whether were swimming in the summer, out on a boat, or drinking from a water fountain, this water is an important part of all of our lives. As humans, we depend on bodies of water such as Lake Michigan, other freshwater sources, and our oceans as crucial resources for countless uses including for drinking water and for food. TERM 2

Slide 2

DEFINITION 2

Unfortunately, one of the worst polluters of these beautiful

and useful bodies of water are microbeads. Microbeads are

those tiny, plastic shells that are found in some personal care

products such as soaps, moisturizers, toothpastes, and face

washes intending to be exfoliating. <Reference photos on

slide>

TERM 3

Slide 3 Part 1

DEFINITION 3 When theyre washed down the drain, theyre so small that they pass through most water treatment systems, and, as a result, make it into bodies of water including oceans and lakes. This is problematic firstly because they contribute to the accumulating plastic pollution in the water. According to Nature World News, 8 trillion plastic bits are dumped into oceans and lakes every day, and according to a study done by Sherri Mason as cited by the National Public Radio, 17,000 bits of tiny TERM 4

Slide 3 Part 2

DEFINITION 4 plastic items are found per square km in Lake Michigan alone. In addition to the currently unfixable pollution that they cause, these microbeads look like food to marine creatures, and can harm or kill them once consumed due to the toxins the beads absorb. Now this is a problem not only for the aquatic creatures that consume them, but for us, too, because if these toxins from trillions of microbeads are passed on to, say, fish, they can be potentially passed on to humans who eat the fish, posing a serious health risk. TERM 5

Slide 4

DEFINITION 5 Luckily, this issue has been acknowledged by many scientists and a few state governments, including Illinois, and movements to make microbeads illegal are in the works for upcoming years. Unfortunately, this is not enough to remedy the unimaginable damage to our water sources that will occur between that time and now. While businesses are experimenting with more environmentally-friendly replacements for microbeads, such as naturally dissolvable PHA plastic as observed by an article in

TERM 6

Slide 4 Part 2

DEFINITION 6

the New York Times (Fighting Pollution From Microbeads

Used in Soaps and Creams) the only way to prevent severe

water pollution today is to discontinue our personal use of

products containing microbeads.

TERM 7

Slide 4 Part 3

DEFINITION 7

This means checking labels on toothpastes, cleansers, and

exfoliators and avoiding products containing the ingredients

polyethylene or polypropylene. A washcloth is an easy

exfoliating substitute or there are several skin care lines that

offer exfoliating products that use safer alternatives such as

salt, sugar, coffee grounds, or jojoba shells.

TERM 8

Slide 4 Part 4

DEFINITION 8

Another way that you can help ban the microbead is to write

to your local legislators asking them to support bills making

them illegal and to write to and petition companies that carry

or produce products containing microbeads.

TERM 9

Conclusion

DEFINITION 9

At the end of the day, we all want clean water that we can

enjoy for years to come with safe and healthy marine life. I

know I want to continue to enjoy all that Lake Michigan has

to offer without plastic pollution. So, I hope that you will join

me in my efforts to ban the bead. Thank you.