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In your opinion are environmental hazards something we should be
concerned about on a daily basis?
I don't know if daily basis is the
right way to phrase it, but it's definitely something I think we should be
vigilant about. In other words, we don't need to live in constant fear of an
oil pipeline exploding in our yard, but we should be aware of the consequences
of our actions w.r.t. the environment
Both of these stories are pretty
terrible, both for the people and the environment. I agree that it is certainly
important to be concerned about stuff like this. We should do what we can to
implement preventative measures to keep stuff like this from happening again. However,
like Mark said, constant fear isn't the best way of looking at it. I think that
these issues need to be handled with moderation. There is a lot of money wasted
and opportunities passed up because of over zealous environmental policies.
Overall, it's important that we are concerned with the environment, but in
moderation.
I think that the environment is
important and we should do more to protect it
On a daily basis I would say no. But it
is something that everyone should be aware of . Corrections need to be fixed
properly the first time to prevent these kinds of things from happening. And
the safety of the environment and of the people needs to be something that
companies are concerned about, more than making money or saving money. Prevention
is key rather than intervention.
Honestly, no. I agree with the comment
above in that prevention is key. We need not go out of our way to cause
problems, however, we also need not stress about where we are now. The Earth
will one day soon return to its paradisaical glory and while yes we must treat
God's creations with respect we are not accountable for the sins of our fathers
and I mostly don't really care that much... I do but I don't you know?
I think that it is important to
recognize and try to fix the problem of environmental hazards, but I also agree
with these folks that prevention would be much more effective than trying to
fix a preexisting hazard. I think we do need to respect the creations of God,
but it is hard/impossible to control what other people do.
Prevention is key but unfortunately it
has already happened. We obviously need to be concerned with it for the time
being and prevention is just another step in the process. but thanks to our
friends from the good old days, we need to be concerned and careful.
I don't know if I would go as far as to
say we need to be concerned daily with environmental hazards. I think it's
important that we do our best to keep the environment clean by the way we
choose to live each day. But I don't think it's vital that we focus on the sunk
costs of where the environment is right now. The people who chose to continue
living in the love canal after seeing the birth defects and miscarriage rates
were quite frankly idiots.
We should absolutely be concerned about
environmental hazards in our day to day lives. While these examples are the
obvious and dramatic ones, we encounter environmental hazards in the form of
pollution all the time. Sometimes we don't even know it. So yeah, we oughtta be
concerned!
For the average citizen, preventing
environmental hazards isnt necessarily in our hands. Things like minimizing
waste and recycling are things we can do to prevent harm to the environment and
decrease the amount of waste being transferred to landfills. However, even
recycling processes need to undergo massive changes as many recycling processes
pump harmful chemicals into the environment. Ultimately, the major hazards
should be focused on by those corporations and organizations in charge of
pipelines, landfills, etc. and should constantly be working on improving the
relationship between their line of work and the environment to prevent future
problems.
My Response:
Do you believe that environmental crises affect you/your
family today?
Although nothing quite as severe as the Love Canal
incident is happening to my family, I believe there are many things that have
negative effects on our health. Harmful
air quality is probably the most prevalent thing here in Provo.
In your opinion are environmental hazards something we
should be concerned about on a daily basis?
Although it’s important that we take care of the
environment and take precautions to prevent environmental hazards, I don’t
think it’s something we need to be concerned about on a daily basis. We should be responsible whenever an
opportunity presents itself to care for the environment.
Why should we care about something that happened over 30 years
ago?
History has a tendency of repeating itself and it’s
important that we learn from the mistakes of the past. If we forget the lessons learned from the
Love Canal incident, terrible things are likely to happen again.
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