In Asian countries such as Korea, Japan, and China’s pollution directly correlates to the effectiveness and direction the government turns. The Korean government has taken many progressive steps in order to lessen the pollution over the years. While the Japanese government in response to the nuclear crisis after the 2011 tsunami, dumped 2 million gallons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean (Yang 23). The Chinese government has not done much to stop pollution and is named by World Bank in 2007, 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in China. Pollution is negatively affecting the countries of Korea, Japan, and China by causing illnesses for the people and wildlife and thus causing political unrest.
The Korean government has crackdown on two of South Korea’s trademark activities: barbeques and spas (Mukai). The city government said it plans to control restaurants that specialize in grilled meat and bathhouses for air pollution and will also insert air filters by next year (United Nations Programs). Japan is the world's leading importer of both exhaust and renewable natural resources and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels (The Third Basic Environmental Plan Outline). Current Japanese environmental policy because of the environmental disasters in 1950s and 1960s, Japan as of now has taken a much more active approach to waste management. Japanese city and other authorities have focused their time on the cutting down solid waste going into landfills. Chinese government has confirmed that 16 percent of their land is polluted (Reuters).
In the early 1970's, the Korean government's ambitious five year economic plan led to the rapid industrialization of industry causing pollution (Mukai). The government after the ...
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These different governments have had different levels of response towards their pollution problems and have dealt with it in different ways. With the Korean government they have taken great stride to depend on solar power and to reduce the waste from industrialization. While the Also the Japanese government has still a while to go because of their dependence on factory and their radioactive water. Chinese government has not done much at all to reduce the pollution it has created over the years. Their different ways of dealing with the pollution is sort of different layers of variations. It’s plain to see because of the pollution South Korea, China and Japan governments have caused are directly connected to the political unrest of their countries and their effect on the lives of the people and wildlife.
Many people are unknowingly exposed to air pollution and have no idea. Some common causes of air pollution are automobiles, factories, landfills and toxic materials. Air pollution destroys the environment; it causes climate change because it greatly affects the greenhouse effect and it causes acid rain. Acid rain contaminates water and destroys animal’s homes. Air pollution has many effects on people it causes coughing, elevates your risk of asthma, wheezing, it can cause diseases and birth defects. It’s estimated “that seven million people died prematurely in 2012 from exposure to air pollution and that air pollution can cause cardiovascular diseases. The use of incinerators has caused protest movements from the Chinese citizens because they are becoming aware of the air pollution that is being given off from the burning of their trash and the effects it has on their health. There have been many reports of premature births and stillbirths of pregnant women that live near garbage incinerators”( Professional Safety, 2014, p.
Japanese cookies may be the best packaged treats in the world. Each cookie is wrapped in its own cellophane pack. The packets are placed in a box. The box is wrapped in paper. When the box is sold, it may be wrapped again and put into a bag. All those wrappings are just one source of Tokyo’s pounds of trash that a typical Tokyo resident makes each day. Multiply it by 12 million, and you get a breeding ground for flies, rats and disease. Garbage is just one source of health problems. Whenever people crowd into cities, pollution follows. Factory smoke and car exhaust create smog and breathing problems. The pollution makes acid rain, burning buildings and killing livestock. High population density makes diseases spread more quickly in small towns. Though Japan fixed it up, there is still major
One of China’s best successes has in turn been one of its biggest downfalls. One of the main problems is China’s greatest success which has been its phenomenal economic growth. This is one of the main drivers of the current environmental problems that the country faces. Factories dump pollutants into the air and water. It is difficult to see the Chinese government making the significant sacrifices required to improve their environment if it means slowing down their economic growth.
American economist, Rostow through his ‘Stages of Economic Development’ demonstrates that economies may ignore environmental quality in their quest for growth. This notion is true in China, with government and private firms using unsustainable practices in order to maximise globalisation opportunities. China suffers mostly from chronic air and water pollution caused by both the demand for energy (i.e. coal mines) as well as the process of manufacturing. This effect on the Chinese economy is quantified through China’s emissions, which in 2010, was 8,286 million metric tonnes, 35% higher than the next uppermost emitter, the United States. China is also home to 16 out of 20 most polluted cities in the world. Consequences for not cleaning up the environment will not just be a health crisis but an economic one. The Chinese government is now recognising and addressing the environmental problems which have occurred due to both rapid economic growth and industrialisation. It has set targets which aim at reducing pollution levels with $6.6b committed in spending in order to achieve such targets. Such examples include investment in nuclear power instead of coal, hydroelectricity (i.e. Three Gorges Dam) as well as new stringent environmental laws. It is hoped that new regulations and investment will lead the way for renewable energy and a sustainable
March 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm, the north-east coast of Japan suffered a magnitude nine earthquake that resulted in a tsunami. Millions of people were left homeless by the extensive damage. Cities were destroyed and many lives were lost, but worst of all the nuclear reactors in Fukushima could not withstand the powerful forces of the tsunami. Soon after the tsunami struck, millions of tons of radioactive water dumped into the pacific ocean, and onto the land. The destruction of the nuclear reactors has had many effects on the ecosystem, human health, and the economy.
... This has resulted in increased pollution due to livestock releasing methane gas into the air. And due to demand for electrical goods from western countries, it has helped China to produce a capitalist economy. This has enabled China’s citizens to have a prosperous lifestyle, which has increased pollution due to the increase in energy use and waste production. Furthermore, although the Chinese government and its citizens are trying to tackle their environmental problems, it seems to be too little too late.
...en the application of both economic and legal means failed to solve the problem, the state administrative controls is on stage. By imposing barriers to entry the industry is one of the most common measures taken by government. When pollution is serious, the government will adopt a more stringent measures, including forced to shut down or relocate the site. However, similarly, this measure might not work properly in developing countries. For instance, considering China as an example, even the central administrative directly command the local government to dealing with cross-regional pollution problems, they will buck-passing each other because of their own benefits.
It has been uncovered that “26 percent of China’s largest river system is so polluted that they have ‘lost the capacity for basic ecological function’…Beijing is already the world’s capital according to one measure—air pollution… [and] of China’s 560 million urban residents, only 1 percent breathe air considered safe” (Zakaria 98). These finding’s make one ask the question of how can China be responsible for helping other nations with their environmental problems if they are
However, China accounts for 33% of the worlds Greenhouse gas emissions, mainly arising as a result of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, and the deforestation that occurs in its wake. China is also suffering from desertification, coastal reclamation and severe climate change as are result of their long time blasé attitude towards environmental issues. While the Chinese Government now do acknowledge that environmental oversight has occurred, strict censorship within China deprives outsiders of receiving the full story of the environmental calamity that is occurring within China. Citizens within China are becoming increasingly concerned with governmental policy that regards further unnecessary degradation of the environment. A retired party official revealed that there had been 50,000 environmental protests within China in 2012 alone. China has amended numerous government acts and implemented strict new regulations in an attempt to curb pollution and Greenhouse gas production. However, the problem China faces cannot be swept under the 'bureaucratic rug' so to speak. The problem rests with the lack of an alternative clean energy to the fossil fuels currently used to fuel China's resource hungry industry. China has implemented numerous 'real world' measures to reduce environmental impact. Perhaps the most well known of these projects is 'Green Wall of China', which is a 4,500 km green strip of
The radiation released through ground, air and sea. Around 20 kilo meters of regions from the nuclear power plants was contaminated , and the residents 20 to 30 km from the nuclear power plant were asked to leave the region. The polluted coolant goes to the Pacific Ocean, which is very dangerous, because human being is the placed at the top on the food chain, therefore, the fish consumption may result the cancer. Pacific Ocean is the biggest fishery in the world, and Japan’s fish consumption per person is highest in the world (Mccurry, 2014).
There are many types of pollution. The main types of pollution are water, air, soil, thermal, radioactive, noise, and light. The topic for this experiment is Water Pollution. Water Pollution became a problem in the 1900’s when water started being treated like sewage. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson on April 22, 1970 because of 1900’s pollution. Water Pollution also affects humans and animals. There was a Cholera outbreak in 1854, before water pollution became a problem, and a Typhoid outbreak in New York from 1900 to 1915. There are multiple possible causes to Water Pollution. Humans let out chemicals into the environment, and when some of those chemicals
The environment and health are very closely linked. The environment in which we inhabit and go about our daily lives, directly impacts on our physical, mental and social well-being. There are biological, chemical and physical factors that can affect human health in a physical and mental way. The World Health Organisation states that "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO 1948), meaning that although many factors relating to health are associated with environmental pollution, they can also be caused by the environment in which we work and live in. The relationship between the environment and health, can however be quite complex. Human health is not only as a result of air, water and ground pollution, but also things such as food, genetics, life style and quality, which directly affect human susceptibility to illness, disease and possibly death. Disruptions to the environment, such as substance dispersal, climate change, acidification, ground pollution, photochemical air pollution and over fertilisation can also impact on human health. Therefore, there are direct and indirect links to the environment and health issues.
What is pollution? Pollution is a detrimental enemy to all species that walk on earth. It is a product of mankind carbon foot print on the environment. It consists of chemicals or particles in the air that can harm the health of humans, animals, and plants. Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surrounding; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. Pollutants are the key elements of pollution which are generally waste materials of dissimilar forms. Pollution disturbs our ecosystem and the balance in the environment. With innovation and development in our lives pollution has reached its peaks; giving rise to global warming and human illness. When raw materials, water, energy and other resources
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause detrimental alterations to the planet. Pollutants are the key elements or components of pollution which are generally waste materials of different forms. Pollutants can take the form of chemical substances or even energy such as noise, heat or light. Pollution disturbs our ecosystem and the balance in the environment. With modernization and development in our lives pollution has reached its peak; giving rise to global warming and human illness. Environmental pollution affects human health along with the health of any species, plant or animal that lives within the polluted area. Many agencies (such as the United State’s Environmental
The Causes of Water Pollution Water pollution is very harmful to the environment and living things. Water pollution can come from many different sources. If the pollution comes from only one source, such as an oil spill, it is called point-source pollution. If it comes from many different sources, it is called nonpoint-source pollution. Most water pollution affects the immediate area surrounding the source, but there are some types of pollution, such as hazardous, that can affect areas miles away from the source.