DuPont had been overlooking the effects of C8 to its workers and the inhabitants in that region. Despite all the concerns raised by both its workers and inhabitants no action was taken. Many had been affected health wise and even economically. Women who were directly exposed to the chemical also stood a risk of giving birth to children who were deformed and had health issues. Workers were mostly affected by asthma, intense diarrhea and bleeding. Despite all this, if DuPont had used the Pentad approach they could have created a more systematic change, this change could have assisted in coming up with ways to dispose of the chemicals in addition to creating safety measures for their workers when handling this chemical. The use of Pentad could have been very helpful, for instance, it could have allowed them to focus on how they could have managed the effects of this chemical both by the company and the surrounding neighbors. The Pentad involves five very important aspects the customer, co-creators, earth, investors and community. When we focus on the customers, DuPont was only interested in achieving high sales …show more content…
If DuPont had informed the workers about the side effects of exposing themselves directly to the chemical, I believe that a safety measure could have been enforced. This could have prevented many workers from being infected with diseases. A worker like Sue Bailey was demotivated ever since she knew that her son’s deformity was a result of her being exposed to the chemical. DuPont could have attempted to pay her son’s hospital bills as it investigated. These gestures could have motivated the employees even after such misfortune had occurred. DuPont further created a rift between its workers since it strived to justify that its chemicals were not the cause of this deformity. Instead, DuPont carried out suspicious investigations that protected the company’s image while sidelining the interests of its
Workers, tempted by "high wages and short days", tended to disregard the problems the associated with high exposure of copper sulfate and the constant presence of a blue-green stain on clothes and skin in order to support themselves and their families (124). The workers, plagued by the health problems caused by exposure, were further insulted when companies decided to replace them aerial crop dusting (198-199). Now, not only were they chronically ill, but out of work, as well. Worker 's housing and condition was usually subhuman, lacking plumbing and electricity (155), with companies doing the bare minimum to improve. The term "subhuman" may be seen as a bias term, due to my modern upbringing; but electricity and plumbing were readily available in the 1950 's when these reports surfaced. According to Soluri, " a significant number of packing plants lacked basic amenities as late as 1974"
Another instance of the government neglecting us and our complaints over our health concerns by these chemicals was when it came to nuclear and atomic testing in Utah and Nevada in the 1950s. Terry Tempest Williams wrote the passage “The Clan of One-Breasted Women” and explained how the government was funding these tests to be had in the desert and did not once think about the consequences that the explosions would have on nearby residents and wildlife. The Nuclear testing in Nevada brought with it cancers upon residents who were affected by the contamination brought by winds and fallout, but at this time in history the country was very patriotic in self defence as the Korean War and the Cold War were happening in different parts of the world
Before the CDTF was built Soldiers had live toxic training, but it had to be conducted outdoors as it represented the most effective training. Since 1973 the use of training with live chemical agents stops due to environmental concerns and low safety regulations (Unknown, 2011). In 1981the US Army Chemical School (USACMLS) plan and develop a training facility to be used indoors and safer for the environment and the Soldiers. The construction of the new training facility was 14.9 million dollars and it was finished in 1986 at Fort McClellan, Alabama. (Unknown, Transition Force, United States Army Garrison-FT McClellan, Alabama) The first chemical class to utilize the new CDTF was on March 1987. Thus started the age of Chemical (Unknown, 2011) Soldier’s being able to have assurance that their equipment is more than capable of protecting them in a chemical attack. Many allied nations have used and received training from our CDTF but no other like Germany. In 1988, Germany’s decontamination trai...
Besides the argument, Libby Montana inhabitants had their health highly affected in three, if not all four, of the components that measures health, by means that were beyond their control. An international company started a mining operation in the small city. At first, the inhabitants were happy with all the new jobs a major company moving to town would bring. Throughout the documentary a man said, “The good jobs were there.” Unfortunately, they did not know that in the long-term that mining was about to bring major consequences upon all Libby’s inhabitants. The mining operation generated an overwhelming amount of dust that was easily spread throughout the whole city. During the documentary, a man said, “You could not see it in the air, but you could see it in your coffee.” And his daughter said, “When he would get home I would get the car and drive to town and on the way the car would get all covered in dust. I would think, ‘It’s just dust, don’t worry about it.’” For those who worked inside the mining field, the consequences of working in a dusty environment started very soon with numerous employees being diagnosed with lung disorders leading to death. The exposure to asbestos started affecting not only the workers health, but also the city inhabitants, because asbestos is highly toxic even at very low exposure. Physically their lungs were affected, which leads to mental stress to the ill person and the whole family. The overwhelming amount of inhabitants being affected caused a major social problem within the city inhabitants, and a mistrust that was being built and conserved for generations. The health of Libby’s inhabitants was, and is, compromised and their enjoyment of life is reduced because of irresponsible decisions made by third party.
Ratites are classified as a group of flightless birds, including ostriches, emus, cassowaries, and the now extinct elephant birds. Birds use flight as a way to escape predators, find mates, attain food, and migration, which raises the question, how did the ancestors of ratites re-locate from one landmass to another without the ability to fly? It was originally thought that there was a flightless common ancestor, but the closest relatives of the ratites are the flying South American Tinamous family. This suggest that the evolutionary distinction of being a large, flightless bird evolved in each isolated location influenced by environmental factors, mainly the lack of predators. Without the necessity to escape predation by flight, overtime ratites gradually loss the morphological structure of the keel that determined their mode of locomotion for their ancestors. Their response to improved environmental conditions promoted the success of each individual organism which contributed its genes to the succeeding generations. Many environments present challenges to a living species, to which the latter may respond by genetic adaptations (Dobzhansky 1973). Birds that are limited to the ground are more susceptible to predation, but these large birds have adapted to use their legs for reaching high speeds while running.
They try to prove that the emission of chemicals from the Shell company are actually hazardous and are released at unsafe concentrations. With respect to the Ecological Model of health, the focus here is the relationship between the citizens and their environment, so any change in the environment can affect the health of citizens (Drummer. 2008). Another focus is the location relative to the Shell company that is an issue. The residents of this town are faced with health problems due to the location of the Shell company, which enforces that Health Geography is a big influence here (Drummer. 2003). Citizens within the Diamond community report increasing rates of asthma in children, along with machines in their house to help prevent/cope with allergies. The location plays a major role as to why these negative health effects are occurring since the chemical plant is emitting these chemicals nearby. When the air was tested, multiple chemicals were found but one that stood out was Benzene which is known to have cancer causing effects (WHO. 2018). Even with this knowledge, the Shell company continued to claim that the living conditions within this city were adequate (Grunberg.
...being held accountable, the city officials themselves were also held accountable because of improper safety regulations. Showing that the city itself should be at fault for not enforcing safety regulations for such things as fire escapes, that were not in working order. These unprecedented circumstances just lay down the blueprint for what is now the correct way to set regulations for industrial factory conditions.
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It was clear that the governments in America would not issue a permit to Union Carbide plant under such circumstances, which lacked severe environmental standards and permitted slum dwellers to live near the plant and so on. Such actions were the ones that led to more deaths. Before the major gas leakage from the MCI unit on December 3, 1984, some people were killed because of phosgene gas leakage. However, no one took it seriously, despite the media report. One of the reasons that people ignore this was because people didnt know the potential danger of the chemical plant.
Accidents are an inevitable part of life. Children learn this at an early age by bumping their head, scraping their knees, or falling off the swings. They learn that sometimes painful experiences just happen, seemingly without cause or reason. These children carry these lessons into adulthood, and then project their tolerance for accidents onto their families and occupation. The chemical industry, while one of the safest industries, has the potential for catastrophic accidents. Through experience and renewed focus on the conservation of life, the chemical industry has improved its safety considerably. In 2005, chemical industry fatality rate (the number of fatalities per year per total number of people in the applicable population) was the third lowest when compared to industries such as agriculture, coal mining, and construction1. However, accidents still occur, sometimes with regrettable repercussions. In 2005, Formosa Plastics Corporation in Point Comfort, Texas experienced an accident with severe consequences.
Over DuPont’s more than two centuries of operation, I believe their management objectives have evolved and adapted. Through this paper, I will look at how their present day objectives fit into Peter Drucker’s eight key result areas. The objective of management is to promote safer, greener, healthier living for the global community through innovation. This objective is clearly visible through the more
Fleur describes how scientist who studied the water samples from the households concluded that there is no hard evidence to subject the Chesapeake Energy Co. to the chemicals
It was believed that it would be cheaper for PG&E to dispose of the chemicals illegally since the company officials were more concerned with the profits than about people's lives. The hiding of this critical information had tragic consequences for the people involved. PG&E must have realized that they were guilty since they settled the case for $330 million in private arbitration. All in all, it probably ended up costing PG&E more money than it would have if they had properly lined the water pools and taken care of things the correct way in the beginning.
Voetbal is al tientallen jaren lang volksport nummer één in Nederland. Deze sport blijft nog steeds razend populair en heeft de Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (KNVB) nog steeds het hoogste aantal actieve leden in Nederland. Toch verlopen de wedstrijden in het voetbal niet altijd even probleemloos. Uit cijfers van de KNVB valt een stijging in het wangedrag waar te nemen. Deze cijfers geven echter nog maar een klein deel aan, omdat veel incidenten en misstanden in het amateurvoetbal nog onvermeld blijven op het wedstrijdformulier.
Chemical and fire hazards in the workplace cause serious injuries that in most cases are fatal.