Question

Look at the following websites on Oceans and Human Health or find your own website on the topic. Post a comment on something you learned or found interesting from your search. Be specific in your description and there is a minimum requirement of 4 sentences.

Harvard  Medical Center  for Health and the Environment - Healthy Oceans, Healthy Humans
http://chge.med.harvard.edu/programs/healthyoceans/index.html (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Ocean Science Series – Oceans and Human Health
http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/oceans_and_human_health.pdf

http://nas-sites.org/oceans/

Answer 1

Oceans are an indispensable part of our life, every type of earth process is related to the oceans in some way. We have harvested some beautiful gifts from the oceans. One of these include the finding of spongothymidine. In 1945 a chemist named Werner Bergmann found a new type of substance inside a sponge he collected from the coast. This substance is now used to treat cancer and viral diseases.