I posted an
article about the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill that happened in 2012 and the Youtube
videos of Love Canal. I ask for people responses
and here they are:
1. Wow....I am completely amazed that
there wasn't better protection placed over those toxins in the first place.
Second I can't believe that the school and other officials would try to deny
that there was nothing wrong, did they think that these people were making this
whole thing up. Also while I appreciate
that they have tried to make the area safe again, I do not think that I will
ever move to that area. Even though it might be safe now I don't believe that
it will be safe later
2.
Ok, here's my reaction. I'm going to
go bury some toxic waste, cover it with a baby wipe, a reflective plastic
plate, and some grass and call it good!
No seriously though, the first thing I thought of was wow, the local
enforcement wouldn't do anything, the POTUS had to sign two declarations to get
things moving. Although they are trying
to use modern technology to better the situation, I still don't think I would
move my family to the area. The little boy that had so many health issues was
just sad. I know So Cal is not perfect and we have our own environmental
issues, but I could not knowingly move my family there. I am also amazed that this is the first time
I heard about this issue, which makes me sad. I think of the Falls as this
beautiful area in our country that people flock to, I never imagined there was
such an issue there.
3. So I am amazed that while the
original purchasers of the land were told what was below the canal no effort
appeared to be made to communicate that to the future purchasers of parcels of
land. While this disaster is horrible, I would think that everything that
happened there lead to some of the regulations we have today.
4. Understanding that I was about your
age when this happened, my first reaction was I still in disbelief that these
companies didn't think that the dumping of such waste would not be harmful.
They obviously knew because they were quick to sell the property for just $1 to
a school and for added measure added a clause to "inform" of a
potential problem. As part of the public at that time we were trusting of our
officials and business. I took a lot to get our officials to recognize and for
someone to finally take responsibility for the greed of businesses who just
wanted to make as much as they could as easily as they could. Sadly I don't
think we have changed that much.
5. What a horrible situation for those
people living in that area! I think especially back then and even now, that
many people don't think of the consequences of their actions, as long as they
are the ones benefitting! I cannot believe that the school bought the land for
$1 (indicating that there was something wrong and knowing of the toxins
referenced in the sale). first of all i don't understand why they even went
through with the purchase and second i don't understand why they didn't do more
research. This should make everyone want to be involved and aware of what goes
on in their community!!
6. This isn't the first time that greed
was a reason to put people in harm. Red flag when a company sells property to a
school for $1.00. Yes the people were so warned, however the responsibility goes back to the
company that purchased the land. Results of their actions and decisions have
cost a lot of money and health issues. EPA has probably stepped up their
efforts because of this situation at Love Canal but sometimes it doesn't seem
like anything has changed. For people to reside there is a scarey thought after
all that has happened. I don't think anyone can really be assured of their
safety.
7. Ummm, I'm not sure if you want my
first reaction. Maybe not even my top 5. I still can't believe anyone could
deny that there was a problem when black gunk was coming out of the ground,
even though the asphalt. Or that no one put up any red flags when the land was
sold for a dollar. Or that when it was sold, they were told about the
chemicals, but didn't pass on that knowledge to the future homeowners. Or that
a glorified tarp is really the best long term solution for containing the pollution.
Or that the phrase, "some man named Tesla" was uttered. That was
almost unforgivable, but not as much as describing the substance as both
"taffy-like" and "watery." I wanted to punch that guy for
being a moron. In seriousness, I think that hurting or endangering the life of
a child is the most vile and despicable thing any human being can do on this
earth. The company knew the buyers were looking to build a school. The school
knew there was poison in the ground. How could they move forward with their
plans? Why didn't anyone ever ask, "if this poison is bad enough that we
are burying it to get it away from us, should we really be building schools and
houses on it?" I'm never going to buy a house in new construction without
a full geological survey now.
8. I can’t believe that the school
denied that something was wrong. Also it seems that the residents were not even
warned when moving there about the potential problem. It makes sense to me that
the company who originally dumped the chemicals at the time was doing nothing
illegal but that they wanted to liquidate the land as a assets so the sold it
with little warning then the developers choose not to warn the home owners
because they wanted to make a profit off the land as fast as they could. So
money and greed came before the concern over other human individuals and in
this case the also the safety of children. in all honesty i am not surprised
that what happened there at love canal did in fact happened but what happened
was extremely moral wrong between the parties of the school, home/land developed
and seller, in relation to the individual home owners
9. Sad. Just one long stream of poor
decisions. Dear Hooker, could you at least put the stuff in sealed barrels the
next time you decide to dump somewhere? And to the school official, please
learn that buying land with known problems for a buck wasn't your best
decisions ever.
10. Oh my goodness. Hi, let's sell this
land quickly when we know there is toxic waste underneath the ground. They may
not have known exactly what that meant, but they knew that it was there. And then
when everyone was denying that there was a problem that was the biggest
problem. When you ignore concerns, you only make things worse for yourself in
the long run; I would think they would have wanted to avoid a lawsuit. Of
course it was a different time, then. And now it's still there? There has to be
a different way to deal with the problem. Ick ick ick.
Were you
aware that environmental tragedies of this magnitude still exist today? I was not aware that tragedies of this
magnitude still existed. It kind of scares me to know that they still do. It also reminds me of the importance of
Public health and taking care of our environment. Things like this should not happen. Greed
should never hurt other people. We human
beings should be better.
Why should
we care about something that happened over 30 years ago? It is important to
learn the mistakes of the past in order to not repeat them in the future. We need to protect people from these dangers
and tragedies because it is terrible for anyone to have to go through
that. There is a lot that we can learn
from past mistakes to keep them from not happening again. I.E. no more Love
Canals.
In your
opinion are environmental hazards something we should be concerned about on a
daily basis. Yes, daily prevention is
what is going to keep our environment safe. We need to watch, monitor, and maintenance. Our
environment is important. We are the stewards
of this earth and we should take care of it.
We have a responsibility to protect the earth as well as each other.
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