Bottled water Debates appear to have grown a lot on whether bottled water is worth spending money on or not, especially while it is available for free. However, we all know that tap water is cleaned that have been through so many waste. Dr.Pankaj Parekh, director of the water quality division of the city of Los Angeles, has mentioned that, “Water in some cities containers, has contained contaminants that become likely cancer-causing compounds when exposed to sunlight” (Duhigg, “That Tap Water Is Legal But Maybe Unhealthy”)1. Furthermore, not all countries in the world have their tap water drinkable. Bottled water has negative and positive effects on the environment and human health.
To put this in perspective leasing the land alone will generate almost 2 billion dollars not including the permits that would have to be bought. The natives of Alaska support the development of this land a lot more than the green organizations lead us to believe. The development of ANWR would add 2 million more barrels a day to Alaska’s production. Green energy production is doing a lot more damage to the wildlife than putting in a oil rig would do. The wind turbines kill thousands of protected eagles and bats each year.
Companies’ off-label drugs so that they can make a great deal more profit in the end. This is because instead of just selling and having one drug on the market for one sole purpose, they can have one drug on the market that can be used for several other treatments. Although they cannot legally promote the off-label uses of their drugs to the doctors, some companies take the risk anyways for personal benefits. Take Pfizer for example; they had four off-label drugs out on the market that resulted in making their patients sicker and even causing death for the uses that they were prescribed. This cost Pfizer $2.3 billion dollars.
Patent systems prevent copyright on products e.g. the HIV drug is copyrighted and remains at a too high price for people in need to access it but costs little to make. At the end of 2000, there were 36.1 million people living with HIV/AIDs in the world. More than 95% of them lived in the developing world and it is estimated 800 people die from it each day. Most political decisions are made on a national or global scale and can prevent the access of some technology to particular places.
Most owners of a chain stores are said to be only interested in a making a profit instead of supporting the local community. By closing this store, the social responsibility has not been met, because it would increase the unemployment rate in the community, leading to more crimes. A growing number of consumers are becoming more aware of the products they buy, but also how the goods and services they buy have been produced. Consumers are concerned about human rights, environmentally harmful production and animal welfare issues that revolve around products they purchase. Customers are prepared to buy products from companies that have retailers who act ethically and socially responsible when purchasing products to sell in their stores.
The mix should have a sufficient initial impact and long term viability on sales so as to recover CSP initial investment of $400 million in 10 years. In 2005 the overweight U.S. population was about 209 million Americans. Competitors in the weight loss drugs included Alli, which was an over-the-counter drug with FDA approval, all other competitors were herbal or dietary supplements thus not regulated by any governing body. The legal and social climate at the time was not in favor of the drug industry. As a whole this industry was tagged with deceptive advertising because side effects where not known until after the product reached the market, thus this translated to low credibility from consumer’s and the professional medical community perspective.
When all humans want is more time, it seems stupid to harm their health by messing with what little time we all have left. By debilitating a person’s health, DST proves to be a handicap on society’s well-being. In addition Daylight Saving Time injures the environment by providing an extra hour of light, giving individuals more time to engage in recreational activities all while traveling by car. By traveling in cars more often increased gas is wasted and this “might not be offset by a corresponding decrease in the morning.” (Source C) Gas is a fossil fuel that not only damages the environment, but also costs consumers hundreds each month. Increased use of gas during a tight economic time can cripple individual’s bank accounts, therefore, once again, ascertaining DST to be a handicap on society.
Nowadays, the retail industry is targeting younger adults and senior citizens for hire and Wal-Mart is especially guilty for this. In reality it’s impossible to make a living working in retail and these targets are easy to manipulate. The majority of Wal-Marts goods are made outside of the U.S. and often in sweatshops. It’s displeasing and although the fine low prices are tempting, some customers will disappear because customers will feel terrible of workers treatment. Without customers, there is no business and this will hurt this large company in the long-term.
One effect of hydraulic fracturing on economics is that it creates a huge increase in profit for natural gas sellers and drillers by opening up the opportunity to tap so much more natural gas than was available before. “North America has approximately 4.2 quadrillion (4,244 trillion) cubic feet of recoverable natural gas that would supply 175 years’ worth of natural gas at current consumption rates.” (Earthworks, N. Loris) Another way it affects the economy is that 10,000 jobs could be created by each drilling site that is opened. (N. Loris) However, a negative effect it has is that it costs about 2 billion dollars for each plant and extra for maintenance and disposal. One last affect hydrofracking has on the economy is it lowers natural gas prices by up to 15 dollars a gallon.
Identifying the Ways That Americans are Wasteful The United States of America is a beautiful country but some Americans are very wasteful; they throw away things that should be recycled, buy things that they don’t need, get more food than they could consume and they do not respect to the nature for wasting water and gas. Many people in this country don not consider anything or anyone but themselves and they confuse waste with quality of life; “the more things I have, the better I enjoy the life”, they want new things for every change of season and we do not care where our old things go, instead of donating these possessions to a foundation or Salvation Army. Some of us throw belongings out that can still be used. Most people are in debt