The following case study is about the affect of pollution and poverty faced by the third world countries. In this paper, the author covered six different questions that might help the readers in understanding the case study.
Question 1
The 'Valley of Death' considered to be one of the most polluted area on this earth. One could identify the pollution in this area with the report that a National Geographic reporter stated that only after an hour that he arrived at valley of death, his chest began aching due to the polluted area that inflamed his bronchial tubes and it restricted his breathings. The local inhabitants of the area complained that due to the fumes smell the local inhabitants migrated from the area leaving property for the local industry who want to expand their business, thus causing more tension for the local society. The consequences that the local society faced due to the toxic materials are the other side. Children of the area facing difficulty in breathing and found often ill. Therefore, one could easily state that the values and the attitudes on the part of the business are almost neglected by the companies because the companies made the environment so much harmful for the society that it is merely possible for the inhabitants to live at that place.
Question 2
In second question, the main focus is on the third world. Summers argued that the third is more polluted and no one could deny from this fact that the third world is more polluted. The most evident reason behind this fact is the poverty because the poverty ratio is more in this region and thus healthy environment is neglected.
In poor and third world countries, lacks strict laws of environmental protection, the controls are almost non-existent and even if there are, they are easily "domesticated". The plants harmful to us, under certain conditions such as proximity to population centers or aquifers, are illegal and are in need of investment of millions of euro to be retrofitted. In the third world instead can easily produce (and pollute). The governments of these countries, and Africa is the most affected, do not deny the existence of the problem, however, retain an ambiguous attitude and always try to avoid a clear position for two reasons: because corporations are always ready to pay what they need and because they fear that binding measures for environmental protection or of any other nature, could discourage foreign investors and slow down, even if you do not undermine the economic development of the country (Global Issues, 2013).
Question 3
In third question, an argument is raised that 'Pollution is the price of Progress'. As per the author, it is very much obvious that pollution is the price of progress because every year there are numerous reports published, whose main topic is the pollution in the third world and all these reports raised a single point that multinational companies are behind this pollution.
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