Mysteries of the Amazon

SECRETS IN THE AMAZON - By Heather

The rain forest is home to thousands of plants that may be able to cure many of the numerous diseases that plague our earth. Considering that over half of the world's plants are found in the rain forests, it's obvious that if we destroy these biological jewels, we are losing the possibility for the millions of people who have a disease like AIDS, to live a healthy life. ... Just imagine what answers are slipping through our fingers. Read the entire article.

TREE OF LIFE FADING - By Samantha Janzen

The ‘tree of life’ is quickly disappearing. Is this a symbol of the destruction of the rainforest? The Amazon Rainforest contains the largest river in the world. It drains more than two thirds of the United States water into the Atlantic Ocean, one fifth of the world's fresh water in one water system. It's trees provide fifty percent of the world's oxygen; fifty percent! Literally the lungs of the planet. And that's not all. The Amazon holds more than half of the world's species of plants, animals, and insects, twenty-five percent of the cancer fighting drugs originate in the Amazon, one hundred and twenty-one prescription drugs are derived in that rainforest, three thousand fruits are found there, and at least eighty percent of the world's diet stems from the Amazon Rainforest. All this in one rainforest that is on the brink of extinction. More!

“IT'S SO SYNTHETIC, I JUST DON'T GET IT"

A RUBBERY ISSUE IN THE RAINFOREST: SERINGUEIRA TREES

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THE DYING JUNGLE - PART 2 - By Devon Severin

You go to the doctor, and the doctor prescribes you drugs to take so that you feel better. Well, most the ingredients that you have in those drugs come from the rainforest. Your Aspirin, Advil, prescription drugs and everything else prescribed to you has one or more ingredients from the Amazon Rainforest. If you didn’t have the Advil to get rid of your headache, your whole day would be down the drain. Read More!