First, the company leadership knowingly replaced the naturally occurring ingredients with the synthetic ingredients without changing the label on the packaging. This action violated the regulations set in place in the 1960s allowing consumers to have adequate and truthful information about the products they purchase. Second, the chemicals the company used to replace the natural ingredients are known to cause serious physical side effects including heart attacks and strokes. These side effects are a result of the stronger potency of the chemically generated ingredients as opposed to the naturally occurring ingredients the company originally utilized for the products. Finally, there is a dangerous lack of oversight by FDA regulators into the safety violations of companies such as Chemins leading to a reduced rate of public health and safety.
James Doher Informative Speech Outline Proposition: To persuade the audience to oppose offshore oil drilling. Intro: Oil and gas are a necessity to everyday life; however, there are safer ways to extrude these chemicals than what has been done in the past. Stop offshore oil drilling or make it safer for the environment. There are many other ways to obtain oil without harming the environment. Where were you April 22, 2010-Earth Day, just 2 days after the BP oil spill, and how did you help sustain the Earth?
These things are much needed in our country and it will limit the cost of foreign oil. We should limit our dependence on foreign goods and services and put our people back in the work field. But don’t take my advice; you make your decision, to drill or not to drill? References The Pioneer; (February 26, 2009). Oil drilling in Alaska will help save economy: By Fong, Bryant; Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://whitmanpioneer.com/opinion/2009/02/26/oil-drilling-in-alaska-will-help-save-economy/ Environment 360; (November 17, 2008).
English 112 9/25/2011 Why would depleting our world of all its natural resources be a good thing? In this review written by Tyler Hamilton, he looks into a new oil (Oil Sands) found on the U.S. and Canada border. It is apparent that he feels this is a positive find but I’m not so convinced. This could be bad because of cost, Demand increase, and the lack to look for better alternative solutions. This is not the oil they are pumping out of Texas or the Middle East; it is dirty oil that has to be extracted and cleaned.
Joe Thielen M/W 10:30-11:45 Philosophy 12 13 May 2013 Fracknation Ann McElhinney, the director of Fracknation, could be described as a very passionate anti-environmentalist. She did not talk very long before or after the movie due to (as she put it) “the movie pretty much sums it up”. The movie is about the truth of the process of fracking. Fracking is the process of drilling into shale in the ground and pumping water into the shale to release gas, which we could not normally reach. This process is a potential solution to the current gas crisis.
Last December, however, the Brazilian government filed an $11 billion lawsuit against Chevron over an oil-spill that took place off its coast in November. The spill was comparable, by some, to one that took place in 2010, which flowed into the Gulf of Mexico continuously for three months. Although, another article that I found mentions that it was only 0.1 percent (3,000 barrels) of what was spilt into the Gulf of Mexico (PR Newswire). Regardless of the amount of the spill, the Brazilian government is taking action because they are not happy with how Chevron has handled the situation. In addition to the negative impact the spill has had, Chevron has also been said to “have downplayed” the spill.
Also drillers are not regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, or the Clean Air Act. Hydraulic fracturing may contaminate large bodies of water. This water may be used for drinking, bathing, cooking, and other uses that are environmentally. This may cause legal issues to rise because it damages the environment. Companies may try to make a legal issue out of Hydraulic fracturing as well as the general public.
Environmental Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Mining of Silica Sand Hydraulic fracturing is hardly a new method of obtaining natural gas from deep beneath the earth’s surface. Since 1860, oil conglomerates have been injecting oil wells with chemicals from nitroglycerin to napalm in order to extract a precious and needed commodity. Not until recently have those with an interest in environmental issues been asking the questions that have gone unasked. Injecting a shale formation 6000 feet below the surface with a somewhat hazardous mix of chemicals, water and sand can seem bizarre and, to the environmentally conscientious, frightening. Hydraulic fracturing is currently being conducted in various locations on the East Coast and the Midwest.
The water is purified and treated, increased up to a thousand times in price, and then sold to us consumers. Bottling companies are not required to inform us on their labels where their water comes from, so people are often surprised when (and if) they learn that they’re drinking regular tap water. Recently, Aquafina began confessing on its labels that their water comes from public sources, and Nestlé Pure Life bottles started indicating if the water in their bottles comes from public, private, or well sources. Dasani’s website, but not their labels, acknowledges that it uses local public water. Even when bottlers do list their sources on their labels, consumers may still be deceived.
While fracking does have the power to reduce American dependence on foreign oil, that process leaves the Earth, air, and water contaminated and inhabitable Hydraulic Fracturing (fracking) involves a method of injecting water, sand and chemicals into a drilling site, those chemicals have shown to be hazardous to human health and well- being. In fact, 60% of those chemicals are known carcinogens and another 40% or more are endocrine disrupters. (Environmental Health Perspectives, 2011, para. 4) Mishalia Greene, a spokeswoman for the Chevron Company, stated on February 5, 2012, “that the chemicals make up less than 1% of the frack fluids, and the other 99% is made up of a sand and water mixture.” Further research into this claim showed that the 1% equaled 7500 gallons of chemicals are flushed into every