Human Beings Are Behind Pollution From Industry
May 20, 2011 health
Pollution from industry can only be the result of the human mind and human emotions. Without these two things there would be no industrial activity and therefore no pollution from industry. Before jumping to conclusions though it should be noted that most of the things that make our lives comfortable are products of manufacturing. Pollutants are bye-products.
Industrialization began in the eighteenth century but only reached insane levels during the cold war period after the Second World War. This was when political dictators vied for industrial domination. In China, Mao Tse Tung ordered the destruction of insects and birds so that they could not interfere with industrial progress. In Russia the frenetic erection of sub-standard industrial complexes endangered the political system it sought to promote.
People believed that science would be the key to political domination. If science and technology could be used to achieve industrial and military progress rule a glorious new world would unfold. This was the thinking behind blunders that destroyed the system it sought to promote and created terrible dangers for future generations.
Azerbaijan was formerly a part of the Soviet Union and a centre of the chemical industry. Industrial and agricultural chemicals have contaminated the soil, vegetation and water supplies in the region. Cancer rates in the population exceed those experienced almost anywhere else. It is thought that this is a direct result of industrial spoilage.
Nuclear radiation from the Chernobyl disaster was not so much the fault of nuclear power, but of human fallibility. The plant was not properly maintained. The Russian city of Dzerzhinsk also has one of the lowest life expectancy rates in the world. Heavy metals and other toxic substances that contaminate the surrounds cause many cases of cancer. Some people have now lost faith in science as the saviour of the world.
Cities like Kabwe, in Zambia, and La Oraya, in Peru are also heavily polluted with lead. This heavy metal is said to have brought down the Roman Empire because it was in the water supplied to Romans in lead pipes. The mines operated by American and British owned companies implicate these countries as well. When Americans attempt to blame British owned BP for oils spills it is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
In China and India there are very serious cases of water and air pollution, especially near the industrial belts of these burgeoning economies. Heavy metals contaminate the water and carbon emissions pollute the air. Pollution from industry, it appears, infests the whole world. However, when it is remembered that the industrial centres are all designed, implemented and controlled by human beings it can be argued that it is not industry but human minds and emotions that are the ultimate pollutants.
In this day and age, you need to be be thinking of saving energy along with Clean Energy. This article didn’t tell you about everything we have to tell you about, so let’s follow up.
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