Against Dumping Toxic Waste And Materials
The rate of global warming has reached alarming levels. The government agencies, as well as environmentalists, have failed to come up with effective mechanisms to ensure that the rate goes down. This is because the policies that are enacted seem to favor more pollution of the environment. Records show that the destruction of flora and fauna is becoming irreparable with the entry of many industries in the market that continue to defy the environmental pollution regulations. Therefore, the following review will undertake a thorough research to indicate that companies that are found guilty of dumping toxic waste and materials should be shut down.
Comment by Richardson, Susan: wording1. Associated Press (1) argued that global warming is a global ‘epidemic’ that will see the living things on the earth surface being wiped out. Trans The contributors of global warming are experienced every day from cooling homes, human driving cars, burning of gas, and coal, and the leaving lights on Prasad and Kaimin (450). The author continues to give that the burning of fossil fuels, as well as the cutting down of trees in the forests, contribute to the larger release of carbon dioxide. The author also notes that carbon dioxide is the prime greenhouse gas. The greenhouse effect is the concept that sees the ozone layer allowing sunrays reaching the earth surface but trap its sun heat from radiating back from the individual surface. Prasad and Kaimin (450) added that the greenhouse effect is responsible for the faster heating of water as well as the getting drier of air, which is related to the gases trapped in the air.
Comment by Richardson, Susan: Is there really such a page number? Your works cited entry doesn’t indicate that. 2. Various scholars have endorsed some recommendations to deal with global warming apart from shutting down the companies found guilty of dumping toxic waste and materials. Trans Associated Press (1) attributed that such firms should be exposed to hefty fines that will see them decrease their involvement in environmental degradation when they put decreasing their profits in the process of fining. For instance, Walmart in 2013 was fined $81 million as part of the plea after admitting dumping pollutants from stores into drains in California counties (O'Donnell 1). The firm admitted that it had negligently dumped toxic products into sanitation drains in the State of California (Associated Press 1). The firm also admitted tossing waste into local trash bins. Additionally, the firm was accused of improperly taking what? to product return centers throughout the United States in the absence of proper safety documentation. By imposing the fine, the court thought that it had reversed the issue. However, this is not true as O'Donnell (1) argues. This is because the repercussion of the respective pollution will continue to be felt from one generation to another. The fine did not fix the pollution issue. In fact, Walmart would continue to dump the toxic products knowing that it would cater the expense through fines. Walmart had been found in a similar case in 2010 when it was fined $27. 6m (O'Donnell 1). Therefore, it is possible to predict that Walmart will repeat such misdemeanor in the future. Therefore, the appropriate way to have dealt with Walmart’s acts of polluting environment could have to close it down.
Comment by Richardson, Susan: Is it only a misdemeanor? 3. Hunt (156) agrees that shutting down of industries having been found dumping toxic products in the environment is the ultimate solution to the global warming. The author provides the perceptive while considering the life of fauna and flora. The article gives that various species face extinction. In fact, a report by “The International Union for Conservation of Nature” red list informed that around 22,000 species face extinction. In fact, 12% of the species in the individual red list face ‘literal’ or ‘critical’ threat to extinction due to climate alteration (Rosch 1). One of the animals facing the threat of extinction is polar bear that is commonly known as the ‘polar child. ’ In Antarctica as well as Canada, the polar bear is feared to disappear completely if the trend in global warming persists (Rosch 1). Apparently, the polar bear depends on the polar ice to survive. This animal takes advantage of the polar ice to get its prey. The greenhouse effect, on the other hand, intervenes to comprise the life of the polar bear by melting down the ice on top of making it thinner. The world should worry about the survival of these polar bears since the Arctic sea is melting at the rate of 9% per year (Rosch 1). The policymakers should wake up to the reality that the population of polar bears is estimated to decrease by two-thirds by 2050, as given by the US Geological Service. Therefore, the firms found to dump toxic waste in the environment should be shut down to avoid the extinction of such animals.
Comment by Richardson, Susan: not in works cited4. However, Prasad and Kaimin (450) discounted that the shutting down of firms engaging in the dumping of toxic material by arguing that the problem emanates with the employees. The author argued that each company has an environmental regulation or an act that governs the dumping of waste products. Every firm is seen discouraging the dumping of such products in the water drains (Associated Press 1). Therefore, the very employees that the firm employs go against the rules due to lack of proper training. It appears that many workers do not know the repercussions of pollution. Therefore, training of employees would be better than shutting down the firms. The case of Walmart, for instance, saw its worker pouring bleach down a drain. Therefore, training of workers is assumed to ensure that the policy and procedures for disposing of hazardous waste products are followed to the latter. Therefore, the employees would understand the policy clearly. However, Prasad and Kaimin (450) disagree with such a proposal arguing that most employees tend to accomplish the command of their bosses. Therefore, they are instructed to dump the waste at a particular site (Associated Press 1). This is why the firm agrees to pay fine imposed by the courts. Therefore, a clear intervention to such behavior would be to close the companies down.
Comment by Richardson, Susan: It is hard to tell what you are attributing to which source. 5. Trans Associated Press (1) provides a point of an argument that described that global warming causes catastrophic calamities such as flooding and earthquakes. The melting of ices causes the rise in sea level that has devastating effects not only on the sea animals, but also to the land animals. For instance, CNN reported in 2013 that more than 150,000 penguins perished after giant iceberg trapped a colony (Imam 1). Apparently, a huge iceberg that ranged from 1,200 square miles had trapped a colony of Adeline colony. The CNN estimated that the size of the iceberg was almost the size of Rhode Island. The individual new article gave that the size of the iceberg had been increasing continually for six years when it was cut off. This lead to the disruption of the respective penguins’ food supplies as well their home commonly known as (Imam). The impact was that the floating iceberg joined the bay and coerced the penguins to travel almost 40 miles helplessly to seek for food (Imam 1). Scientifically, it is proven that penguins cannot move with a faster speed (Imam 1). Therefore, the absence of sea around them made them take a long time to get food leading to a colony that comprised 160,000 reducing to 10,000 penguins due to the boosted ice melting (Imam 1). Therefore, it is unforgettable for the firm to dump waste products into the environment thereby pinning down that companies found dumping waste products in the environment should be shut down immediately. 6. Those who seek to save companies from closing down due to environmental degradation argue that the policies appear to safeguard water bodies than the forest. This is because most of the waste products are channeled to the water canals that take the stuff to the oceans (Associated Press 1). Therefore, they propose that the government should ensure that the waste is treated before it is released to the environment. This is to ensure that the survival of the inhabitants in the water bodies is not undermined. However, when such materials are left to the environment, they are capable of becoming breeding sites for diseases. Such diseases would affect the animals leading to their death. Therefore, companies found to contaminate the environment via the dumping of waste products should close down since they risk the survival of the animals living in the forest. As far as forests are concerned, animals such as Orangutans in Indonesian forests face the threat of extinction (The Orangutan 1). These animals usually jump from one tree to other thereby resembling apes in some forms. Their diets fall on insects, tree bark, leaves, and fruits. The release of waste products to the forest risks the development of the trees that support the life of these animals (The Orangutan 1). Therefore, the loss of habitat brought by the increased human activity will see the disruption of the life of these animals such as their feeding pattern as well as their reproduction.
Comment by Richardson, Susan: What is your source? 7. Forest fires can also kill human beings especially those near the forest. Most of the wildfires are caused by strong winds due to deforestation. The lack of windbreakers causes strong winds to push the fire to outskirts of the forest causing the tremendous effect to the inhabitants close to the forest (Associated Press 1). The causes of bushfires are attributed to El Nino that has been blamed for the destruction of orangutan’s habitats in Indonesia. For instance, in 1997-1998, the peat-swamp forest experienced the fire in Kalimantan that took six months ending up killing more than 8,000 orangutans (The Orangutan 1). Every year, orangutan habitats continue to be destroyed. Therefore, to evade such calamities needs the closure of businesses that are found dumping waste products to the environment. 8. Considine (1) appeared to give a solution to those dumping waste products in the environment by offering that relocation of the endangered species from their setting is the ultimate solution. This endeavor is meant to save animals from climate alteration. Such proponents indicate that the danger looming around species is the destruction of their habitat that will push for the extinction of the animals. Therefore, moving them to new ranges through the help of other mechanisms since the animals cannot move by themselves. frag However, Hunt (167) disagrees with this approach would not be effective since it would lead to their ultimate death. This is because the transfer will see an animal being introduced to a setting they are not aware of. They will not be able to feed themselves nor will they will be able to defend themselves in the new environment. The wrong timing of transfers of animals can cause issues with adaptability. The animals will eventually die before they adapt to they reproduce offspring that would be fit to the new environment.
Comment by Richardson, Susan: This should go at the end of the reference. 9. Some speakers defending against the closure of firms after found guilty of dumping of waste products arguing that most of the cases are accidental (Associated Press 1). Frag Therefore, they tend to argue that accidental encounters that degrade the environment should not be punished. For instance, the accidental BP oil spill saw the release of more than five million gallons of oil from the seabed and into the gulf. This accident saw the death of eleven workers. In addition, the deep-water ocean currents led to an aggressive flow of oil landing to the ocean floor. Consequently, innumerable destruction of fish and other sea animals was experienced. In addition, the important marshes and estuaries were damaged tremendously. Most significantly, the Macondo well died in its operations. The international business practice outlines that companies have the responsibility to take responsibility for environmental damage brought by negligence. In fact, the customary international laws hold that matters of environmental damage, as well as pollution, are impermissible. In addition, the Rio Declaration upheld that oil polluters should safeguard the environment. Therefore, punishing BP around $8. 7billion was not enough considering the effect the spill will cause the successive generations of living things. Other companies that would be found contaminating environment hiding in the name of ‘accident’ should meet the closure of their business.
Comment by Richardson, Susan: What is your source? 10. Such companies such as Tri-Marine Management Co. , Tri-Marine Fishing Management and Cape Mendocino Fishing (Tri-Marine) who spilled oil into Pago Harbor using tuna-fishing vessel commonly referred to as Capt. Vincent Gann should have closed down (Pollution Prevention Law 1). The vessel had accidentally struck two-moored fishing vessel while trying to maneuver them on Oct. 16. 2014 leading to at least 35 barrels of marine fuel flowing out of the bulbous bow into the water. The U. S. District Court for the District of Hawaii ruled that the Tri-Marine companies illegally stored fuel in the bulbous bow (Associated Press 1). Therefore, the punishment of paying $1. 05 million in civil penalties was not enough when comparing the devastating environmental damage brought by the spill (Pollution Prevention Law 1). Therefore, the operations of Tri-Marine companies should have been shut down to ensure that other companies with similar activities would ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
