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This is a common story throughout the southeast. Europeans, Japanese--and other countries smart enough not to further pollute their own countries--export it to
by jstewartmobile 7y ago
This is a common story throughout the southeast.
Europeans, Japanese--and other countries smart enough not to further pollute their own countries--export it to the southeastern US, where everyone is either so focused on JOBS! MONEY! that they'll roll the dice with cancer, or just so beat-down that they can't put up an adequate defense.
Here's a similar case from 2016 in Mississippi: https://theintercept.com/2016/11/25/did-the-epa-prosecute-and-jail-a-mississippi-lab-owner-because-of-her-activism/ https://theintercept.com/2016/11/25/did-the-epa-prosecute-an...
- njepa 7y agoSoutheast Europe is polluted as well, however mainly from coal. I think will see more and more of these articles about the West as the trajectory of our societies are changing. We even have emerging gambling problems in Sweden these days, which no one here cares much about.
- LoSboccacc 7y agoItaly is a cesspit as well, with half the coast having above limit pollutants: https://www.legambiente.it/golettaverde-map/index.html?anno=2018 https://www.legambiente.it/golettaverde-map/index.html?anno=... and all the industrialized areas going routinely over air pollution limits with noticeable incidence on health risks: https://iglicinidicetta.blogspot.com/2017/10/le-44-aree-invivibili-piu-inquinate.html https://iglicinidicetta.blogspot.com/2017/10/le-44-aree-invi...
- hef19898 7y agoAnd the real nasty stuff is moved to east Asia and former Soviet republics. Or India. The Simpsons episode in which Mr. Burns is moving his plant to India and than back after Homer is launching a union, sadly, describes it pretty well. Still, the move of the dirty production or the at least the clean up of it happened not so long ago in (West) Germany. I still remember the colourful water that came out my grand parents well till the early 90s. Apparently it doesn't help to have a brown coal power plant and an aluminium factory in the neighborhood.
- moorhosj 7y agoI’m interested in when American politicians (and citizens) became so obsessed with NEW JOBS. Are you familiar with any studies on the topic? It seems to dominate all of our political talk and part of me feels it wasn’t always the case.
- jstewartmobile 7y agoNo idea. Locally speaking, the academics seem to be pouring gasoline on that fire rather than water. I wouldn't even know where to look.