Reactions to Love Canal Video:
Marty Christensen seems like they
turned a blind eye to it as long as they could because I mean $1 is a really
good deal to build a school. Don't drink the water? Clearly no regulations back
then caused this to happen. It seems like after it snowed and the black stuff
literally hit the wall, we did what we could but the damage was done and lot of
the damage was something you can't reverse like health defects. Then we spent
tons of money to try and fix it.
Jentry
Nelson AND....Why
didn't the government do more back when this all started to try and contain the
problem before it could spread? I sure hope that something like this doesn’t
happen again..
Cameron Harper Its interesting that
one mistake by a company became a domino effect throughout the area. Cost 900
families their homes and also millions of dollars worth of damage for the city.
Kassie Nelson It's incredible to
see the health effects of toxic waste dumping that occurred over a century ago...
I watched part 2 as well, and even though they are trying to clean it up, I'd
never want to live there!
Alli Furniss So sad! I too admire
Lois Gibbs, for what she did. This is horrible! Crazy how all that is waste.
I'm glad they are trying to do something about it!
Jeff
Nelson Why
would anyone use a swimming hole for disposal of industrial waste?? I really
admire Lois Gibbs as a concerned mother and community member for stepping up
and doing something about the "black goop" that was making her son
sick!
My questions/answers:
1.
In your
opinion are environmental hazards something we should be concerned about on a
daily basis.
Yes, I feel that each one of us should be conscious about
how we personally contribute to environmental hazards. If companies also took
this approach, I feel that there would fewer tragedies today. It only takes one
person or company to cause a huge environmental hazard.
2.
Why
should we care about something that happened over 30 years ago?
We should care about things that happened over 30 years ago
because often times, it takes time for things that occur in the environment to
become a health hazard. In the Love
Canal, an entire community was built before any adverse effects even presented
themselves.
3.
Do you
believe that environmental crises affect you/your family today?
Yes. Environmental crises do affect my family and me
everyday. For example, a huge oil spill can raise gasoline costs, or a possible
e-coli spread can directly affect the immediate health of all of us. Being
aware of what is going on in our world and environment is very important.
The other article I posted was about the oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/04/as_third_anniversary_of_bp_oil.html#incart_river
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