Pollution Analytical

Urbanization brought great business and enourmous amounts of industries to cities and all over the country. This drastic change in lifestyle and business in America brought new harmful problems; one of which is pollution. Industrial waste has been one of the main proponents of pollution and has been very harmful. This disposal of waste materials is very hazardous because it can do a lot of harm to people. In, Society Must Address the Potential Dangers of E-waste, it explains the danger of a certain type of waste called cathode ray tubes, CRT's, that are used in tv and computer screens. It says, "...CRTs contain a wide range of toxic substances, the most harmful of which is lead, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, coma or even death at high levels of exposure. It can also damage the nervous system and kidneys, cause anemia and promote an increased risk of several types of cancer." Pollution of this and all other types of pollution can be very harmful to all of society. Pollution is very harmful to humans and nature but it can be difficult to put a price on it. We can use a lot of money on stopping pollution but will that money work well and would it work better in other places. In, Environmentalists Overstate the Danger of Industrial Chemicals, it explains the costs of reducing pollution. It says, "Not every regulation is a good investment. For example, for each premature death averted, the regulation that lists petroleum refining sludge as a hazardous waste costs $27.6 million while the rule that does the same for wood preserving chemicals costs $5.7 trillion per death avoided, according to estimates from the Office of Management and Budget." This money has to be paid by someone. The money paid could be going to charities or the poor and could have saved just as many or probably more people than the reduction in deaths due to pollution related causes. It is pretty much impossible to eliminate pollution completely but precautions should be taken to protect people. Even though money could be going better places than pollution, it doesnt mean that it should be overlooked completely. You should try to pollute as little as possible without using too much money. Some businesses actually found it profitable to be more environmentally aware. According to an article in Opposing Viewpoints, "By treating and recycling wastewater for irrigation, fire fighting, and sanitary systems, the company no longer discharges water into the Matamoros sewer system. Company savings in materials and reduced cleanup efforts amount to $1.7 million a year." This company actually saved a ton of money. The fact that this company was thoughtful about what waste they were putting out into the earth really paid off because they made a lot of money from it. Pollution is definately a problem and should be taken care of. However, using enormous amounts of money doing so is inefficient and not worth it.

Urbanization Analytical

People rushed to cities after the Civil War. Businesses were booming and many citizens thought that moving to these cities could help them become wealthy. The truth is, people were becoming wealthy. With new business and trading techniques people could succeed. Many people were making tons of money in business and people living on farms and even in other countries rushed to cities like New York, Chicago, and even San Fransisco. This seemed like a time that was really great. The Gold Rush made anybody almost instantaneously rich due to no intellectual or physical advantage. Any human being could become rich and the poor and middle class loved this hope and dream. However, Urbanization also had many bad sides to it. Because so many people rushed to these urban places, it created a new lifestyle that was different and needed different technology that wasnt available. There were no modern water or sewage systems. People caught diseases and epidemics started. Also fires started easier because of the cheap, wooden ballon frame buildings and spread faster and larger than before because more homes were packed closer together. Also, there was a large amount of poor in cities. Even though there were many booming businesses, only a few people held on to the profits. Many workers were abused and had to work long days with little pay. The wages were barely enough for food for the family. Urbanization created a completely new world for America. It helped some and didnt help others. Edwin Markham was one who hated what urbanization did to the world. He sympathized with the hard working laborers and thought they deserved more than what they got. They supported the American economy yet they were repaid with minimum wage and were treated poorly. In his most famous poem, The Man with his Hoe, he wrote,
"O masters, lords and rulers in all lands,
Is this the handiwork you give to God,
This monstrous thing distorted and soul-quencht?"
Markham believes that the new world, after urbanization, is disgusting and atrocious. Markham clearly feels that Urbanization has made the world a much worse place and has stripped so many people of their livelihood. Urbanization has created some wealth and has taken some away. Urbanization created a new world that was based heavily on business and work.

Current Events: Pollution is still harmful

Pollution is still pretty serious to effects on nature and society as a whole. This disposable of waste materials is very hazardous because it can do a lot of harm to people. In, Society Must Address the Potential Dangers of E-waste, it explains the danger of a certain type of waste called cathode ray tubes, CRT's, that are used in tv and computer screens. It says, "...CRTs contain a wide range of toxic substances, the most harmful of which is lead, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, coma or even death at high levels of exposure. It can also damage the nervous system and kidneys, cause anemia and promote an increased risk of several types of cancer." Pollution of this and all other types of pollution can be very harmful to all of society. Pollutions is a problem that has to be dealt with either by finding ways to dispose of hazardous materials effectively, safely, and inexpensively, or we need to find new ways to create the goods we need without creating hazardous materials. Pollution is hard to put a monetary value on it because it is an intangible thing but it can be very costly to our wallets and our health.

O'Rourke, Morgan. "Society Must Address the Potential Dangers of E-waste." Opposing Viewpoints: Garbage and Recycling. Ed. Mitchell Young. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 5 Feb. 2010 .

Current Event: Pollution is overrated

Businesses create goods that people want sometimes at the expense of pollution. Pollution can be a difficult thing to grade. Industrial wastes can definately kill people because they can be poisonous and/or radioactive. In, Environmentalists Overstate the Danger of Industrial Chemicals, it explains the costs of reducing pollution. It says, "Not every regulation is a good investment. For example, for each premature death averted, the regulation that lists petroleum refining sludge as a hazardous waste costs $27.6 million while the rule that does the same for wood preserving chemicals costs $5.7 trillion per death avoided, according to estimates from the Office of Management and Budget." This money has to be paid by someone. The money paid could be going to charities or the poor and could have saved just as many or probably more people than the reduction in deaths due to pollution related causes. It is pretty much impossible to eliminate pollution completely but precautions should be taken to protect people. However, money could be going to better places to save lives sometimes instead of pollution.

Brody, Jane E. "Environmentalists Overstate the Danger of Industrial Chemicals." At Issue: Nuclear and Toxic Waste. Ed. Stuart A. Kallen. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 5 Feb. 2010 .

Opposing Viewpoint: Pollution

Pollution is a big issue now that global warming is an issue. Pollution causes depreciation of surrounding property values and can cause unwanted noise and smell. Pollution got to be such a big issue because large companies pumped so much polluted waste into the world because it was busy trying to produce as much goods and make as much money as they could that they disregarded the pollution they were putting out into the world. Now, businesses are trying to be "green" and protect the environment. This is obviously helping the surrounding area and whole world by polluting less but doesnt it cost the company a boat load of money? Actually, according to an article in Opposing Viewpoints, "By treating and recycling wastewater for irrigation, fire fighting, and sanitary systems, the company no longer discharges water into the Matamoros sewer system. Company savings in materials and reduced cleanup efforts amount to $1.7 million a year." This company actually saved a ton of money. The fact that this company was thoughtful about what waste they were putting out into the earth really paid off because they made a lot of money off of doing so.

Environmental Protection Agency. "U.S. Factories in Mexico Are Reducing Pollution." Current Controversies: Pollution. Ed. James Haley. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 5 Feb. 2010 .

Where I am going?

I think I am going to continue finding first hand accounts of personal opinions and facts about urbanization and surrounding topics that are direct causes of Urbanization and find out what impact it has on society.

The Man with his Hoe

On New Years day in 1898 Edwin Markham's poem "The man with his hoe" was read. This poem talked about laborers struggles and talked about society as a whole. He opens the poem with,
"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the world."
This quote begins by talking about the hardships of the laborer or middle class worker. He feels that they have a hard life and work hard all the time. This work tires the worker out and makes him feel empty as a whole because he is so tired. Yet, Markham explains that this worker's work is holding up the world. This worker works extremely hard just to feel this emptiness. The laborer's in the world hold the country up and we treat them with minimum wage and poor working conditions. Urbanization brought many people to cities to work in large corporations, yet as this poet feels, were under appreciated by the owners and, in turn, treated poorly. Markham shows that he dislikes what Urbanization has done to the world later in this poem. he says,
"O masters, lords and rulers in all lands,
Is this the handiwork you give to God,
This monstrous thing distorted and soul-quencht?"
Markham felt that the world that the people in power created is terrible. He feels the world is changed in the most terrible way and that it has brought upon the souls of humans being drained. Markham feels that the new world, industrialized and urbanized, is an unacceptable thing to give back to God. God created life, gave us everything we need to survive and made us the ruler of earth, yet we are going to give him back a world monstrous, distorted, and soul-quencht. Markham clearly feels that Urbanization has made the world a much worse place and has stripped so many people of their livelihood.