The Chinchorro peoples existed around 2,000 years before the Egyptians. They lived on the coast of Chile and Northern Peru. The Chinchorro mummies, which have remained preserved in Chile for more than 7,000 years, are now under threat from increased levels of moisture. Humid air is allowing bacteria to grow, causing the mummies' skin "to go black and become gelatinous”. The rapid deterioration began within the past 10 years, and has affected some of the 120 mummies that are housed at the University of Tarapacá’s archaeological museum in the northern port city of Arica.
However, the UK’s Environmental Agency found flow-back fluid from a Lancashire fracking site contained “notably high levels of sodium, bromide and iron, as well as higher values of lead”. Some studies have even found formaldehyde, acetic acids, boric acids and hundreds of others. Typically 5 to 10 chemicals are used in one frack job, but each well can be fracked multiple times which means the chemicals that are identified, and many which are not, increase massively. Most wells are being drilled below water systems and use a terrifying mixture of 596 chemicals per frack! Fracking is also known to generate methane, but it is not clear how much.
As a result of legal actions against Chevron Corp. for polluting the Amazon with over 18 billion gallons of toxic oil waste, Chevron Corp. has been ordered to pay $8 billion to clean up its oil contamination and restore human rights for the 30,000 affected people, by an Ecuadorian Court (Planetsave, 2011). 1.4 Scope This report specifically relates to the dumping of millions of toxic oil waste in the soil of Ecuador by Chevron Corporation making residents ill and damaging forests and rivers. Recommendations from this report would be fully implemented within the next two years; it also includes the changes to company’s policies. 1.5 Methodology The gathered information was collected by conferring to Chevron Corporation’s official website, value handbooks and research on relevant academic journal articles that would help Chevron Corporation to remedy the toxic waste dumps and implement new policies in order to prevent these types of
“Higgins Industries grew from being a small Southern boat company to owning and operating seven large plants, employing 30,000 employees at one point in their operation. During WWII, Higgins Industries was the largest producer of landing craft and PT boats for this country, even blocking off city streets in New Orleans to build
Air pollution from government facilities, such as the Hanford nuclear testing facility, is causing harmful effects to people and the environment (OEM 1). Some side effects are damage to local wildlife, cardiovascular health problems and global warming (OEM). According to the American Lung Association, “The human toll is profound. They cited one 2010 study that estimated fine particles (PM2.5) contribute to 223,000 deaths from lung cancer worldwide.” (ALA, Par. 3).
9, 000 of those being foreigners. The Tsunami’s energy was so great the wave traveled around the world three times. Seven years later in 2011 an earthquake 60km off the east coast of Tohoku with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale struck Japan. The earthquake triggered a huge Tsunami which reached heights of 133 ft. and killed around 15, 839 people, injured 5950 and left 3642 unaccounted for. Causes When a dense oceanic plate collides with a less dense continental plate the denser oceanic plate subducts under the less dense continental plate.
Outsource painting of motors 2. Upgrade process to e-coating 3. Optimize new space from old gutted paint station -Quantitative Analysis Rondot Worldwide(RW)/Automotive(RA)/Jackson Plant(JP) * Operates in more than 100 countries (RW) * Employs more than 200,000 people(RW) * Operates in 25 countries(RA) * Operates 85 plants(RA) * Produces Approximately 7 million motors per year(JP) * # of employees dropped from 1450 to 600(JP) * Quality specifications, motors must withstand 240 hours of salt spray testing. Outsourcing Opportunity (Continuous-flow wet paint system specs) * Installed 17 years ago * Uses 20,000-square-foot section of the plant * 25 cent operation cost per housing due to * 10 cent material cost * 3 cent labor cost * 12 cent overhead cost (tax, energy, maintenance, corporate fees) Greven E-Coating * Fits ⅚ of the the families of housings (60% of housing volume) * 15 cent cost each to install -Qualitative Analysis Randot worldwide was evaluating an important outsourcing opportunity collecting important information for
2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami: Aftermath Problems On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake in Japan’s history struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The epicenter was located about 80 miles from the shore of Tohoku, approximately 20 miles under water, and with a magnitude of 9.0, given by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It ranked second only to the Sumatra earthquake and the Indian Ocean Tsunami of magnitude 9.1 in 2004 (Hatake). The Tohoku earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves, which traveled well into the mainland, damaging many buildings and infrastructures, not to mention lives. Additionally, over five hundred aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or greater have occurred since the initial quake (Ananda).
During this war, the American military utilized defoliants, which are known chemicals causing the plant’s leave to fall. One of the defoliants used by the military is Agent Orange and the PR Newswire (“HDNet world report investigates the devastating effects of Agent Orange 30 years after the Vietnam War”, 2009) reported that it is included with the20 million gallons of other herbicides that they dropped in the jungles of the Vietnam. The concentration level of this defoliants reaches up to 50 times, and the effect does not only appear to be detrimental among trees. Since, dioxin is a byproduct of Agent Orange, many people has been exposed in what the world call as the
The Impact of Japan Earthquake on Japan’s Macroeconomy The Impact of Japan Earthquake on Japan’s Macroeconomy Since the Bubble Economy was collapsed, Japan gradually recovered. However, the 8.9-magnitude earthquake imposed a big blow on Japan. It not only dramatically affected Japan’s macroeconomy, but also caused neighbor countries’ and even global economic and political changes. On March 11 2011, Japan was rattled by the powerful earthquake and tsunami which claimed close to 20, 000 lives across swathes of the eastern coast (Demetriou, 2011). Fukushima, the nuclear power plants center, had been one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters regions.