There was an immediate response from available agencies in the area which will be explained and analyzed later. First however, the planning for an event such as this bombing took place almost four months beforehand in January. A multi-disciplinary committee meets before the Marathon every year and it includes agents from state and local police, fire, EMS, public health, Massachusetts National Guard (MNG), and Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) (MEMA, 2014). The committee’s sole purpose
attacks each year. These standards are achievable, and they comply with a law that has been out there for around 20 years. EPA worked with many stakeholders, including public, environmental, and health groups and industry. They received over 900,000 public comments that helped to inform the final standard. In the United States there are no national limits on the emissions of mercury and other toxics from power plants. These toxics can cause damage to the developing brains of children, making their
became the reality for many americans living in Flint, Michigan around August 2014. This problem arose shortly after the government switched the county’s water supply. Therefore, many believe that the government was the source of this major crisis. However, the government has also taken many actions, such as new regulations and procedures, in attempting to solving this crisis. The journalists for CNN discuss that residents in Flint, Michigan are exposed to contaminated water that is the cause of
infrastructure, rules, and regulations that they have to abide by while residing in society. It is not to say that these policies are a negative notion, but they do certainly shape your lifestyle, and your choices in many ways. By taking a look at regulation it is important to note that, our government has a huge role in the lives of its citizens it resides over. The United States Federal government has its exercise of sovereignty, in other-words, it has legal and accepted authority to regulate people’s
the United States, one of the most developed countries in the world, we are experiencing multiple incidences of widespread public water contamination. In 2014, news stations across America were flooded with the devastating water crisis in Flint, Michigan and though this is the most recent occurrence, it is not an isolated incident. Though Flint was the most widely recognized incident, in the same year two other distressing cases of unsafe tap water also occurred in two other United States cities. While
Environmental sociology began to emerge in conjunction with the environmental justice movement. Environmental sociology can be defined as the study of how human societies interact with their environment. One important individual, Dr. Robert Bullard, acted as a key person throughout the environmental justice movement. He served as a technical advisor on civil right lawsuits and is now a professor at Texas Southern University. Because of his research dedicated to environmental issues pertaining the
Pediatric Public Health Initiative was created to investigate the extent of lead poisoning in the community. The Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee was also formed to work on long term solutions to the Flint Water crisis. Michigan Works employment agency also created 80 new positions for Flint residents to monitor water across the city/county, and hired nine additional nurses for community schools in Flint. This also lead to the creation of three new Child and Adolescent Health Centers
technology is being utilized as a response in order to preserve the world for generations to come. The knowledge that we have obtained along with the understanding that we are pursuing better technology, will eventually lead to a more environmental conscience society. Environmental or clean technologies are terms used when referring to green technology as well. These terms have been in the public arena for nearly a decade, but the use or thought of clean technology has been around for generations without
ruptures, improper containers for chemical disposal, and failure to dispose of chemicals in a timely manner. The spills that have taken place on the United States land and territorial waters since 1982” (Chemical Spills”248). This is one of the bigger water pollution problems, because a shortage of funds hampers clean-up efforts. “In 1975, the State of Virginia closed a 100 mile (160- km) stretch of the James River because an Allied Chemical plant had illegally released ketone into the waters” (Water
Irina Salanta (2014) reported is the stakeholder, either from the corporations performing unethical behavior or failing to meet expectations. Some unethical behavior is blatantly obvious; like violating child labor laws, violating Environmental Protection Agency policies, and so on. Some of the less obvious unethical acts may be things like tax evasion, price fixing, price gouging, and money laundering. Just because a company is not pleasing the stakeholder, does it mean they are conducting unethical