Chapter 11
Summary:
Chapter 11 starts off dark by giving a story of a group of astronauts grounding whom were gassed to death by nitrogen. Although painless, the astronauts lost their lives despite being so close to getting home. Kean moves on to the discovery of titanium which is linked to prosthetic limbs. Fake limbs can be someone's dignity; a fake leg can keep someone from losing their dignity. Taste is one of humans six senses, but elements like beryllium can change how something tastes to you. This just amazes me because this can be dangerous to some level. If beryllium is leaked into the water, some country can make populations dwindle. After scaring us with the loss of taste, Kean moves into iodine. Iodine helps lower the rate of birth defects. Many countries began to sell iodized salt to keep give populations small dosage's and it seems to be working.
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