With these two links I also posted the question, "In your opinion are environmental hazards something we should be concerned about on a daily basis?" I posted this to facebook and received 10 comments. Here are the following responses.
1. Jennie Marshall Definitely. We should be concerned with the environment and how it is being affected so we can do something about it
2. Romy Lakip For me personally no, because I don't work around potentially dangerous environmentally hazardous products nor do any of my family or friends.
3. Garrett Gee Yes for sure. Even just on a light/daily habits level..
4. Colby Bauer Yes I think it's important to be aware of environmental hazards because they can affect us daily even if we don't realize it.
5. Christy Weber Yes we should be concerned about environmental hazards because it can affect our health and many other aspects of our lives
6.Brooke Edman Cope I would say yes. I think it's important to always be thinking about our environment because it has a huge affect on our health...even if we can't tell right away.
7. Danny Holmoe I think we should be aware of environmental hazards around us, but I think at the same time people can become overly concerned, which isn't always a good thing.
8.Amanda Luxford I do think that we should be concerned about environmental hazards. Often times they are affecting us in our daily lives, and we have no idea.
9. Larry Payne Absolutely. We have one earth for us all to dwell on and what we do with it now will determine what it will be like for generations to come. It is up to each one of us to do our part to keep it clean and safe, including the corporations that use our earth for their profit.
10. Erik Holmoe I think it is very important to be concerned with environmental hazards. It will help make the world a better, safer place if people are paying closer attention to their surroundings.
Here are my responses to the following 3 questions-
1. To what degree do environmental tragedies affect you/your family on a day to basis?
My family currently lives in Northern California, and I feel as though environmental tragedies does not affect me or my family on a daily basis. Although it is still very important to be aware of, I do not notice these tragedies on a daily basis. I think it still may be affecting us and we don't know it.
2. In your opinion are environmental hazards something we should be concerned about on a daily basis?
In my opinion, environmental hazards are something we should be concerned with daily. I think there are certain professions, and certain areas that need to be concerned with hazards and environmental issues more than others. Obviously there are things everyone can do to prevent hazards and to mitigate the issues, but there are certain occupations that are submersed in it daily. It is important for the common person to be aware of the dangers that they can be exposed to.
3. Why should we care about something that happened over 30 years ago?
We should definitely still care about something that happened so long ago. Although it was 30 years ago, things like this are still happening today. Because of the issues in Love Canal, we are more aware of hazards like this. We should use tragedies such as these to help us to make sure it doesn't happen again. If we are able to educate the public about these hazards, they will be more knowledgable about the problems and be able to better protect themselves and their families. It is important to not ignore the things that have happened in the past, because then they will just happen again.
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