You've got to watch this John Stewart satire on the 'Freedom' Chemical spill. He tells it like no other...http://tv.yahoo.com/news/jon-stewart-west-virginia-spill-building-chemical-tanks-131143371.html?pt=BureoF1GVB
Then tell me, who should pay for this cleanup? Who should pay for the damages to the people who are affected by this tragedy? Why?
In my opinion, the water provider should pay for the improvements needed to be made to the water, but the government should pay for damages done to the community. Shouldn't the state government be responsible for doing checks on these companies every so often to make sure these were in proper condition? Yet, this specific tank hadn't been updated since 1991. Ultimately, it's the governments responsibility to check up on these companies.
ReplyDeleteI feel the company's causing the pollution in the streams should pay for the cleanup. It was their fault it ended up in the water. It was also their fault for not having a regulator come check since 1991. For those that were effected I feel the government should pay to get those feeling ill from the water to better health. Although the company caused it, The government didn't keep having it regularly checked.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the government and the oil company should share the payment for the damages. The government had poor planning when it came to where they placed this specific oil company. It was located just upstream from where all of the city's drinking water company was located. This should be there responsibility because the government should have considered possible consequences first. The oil company should also share the payment because according to the video they hadn't inspected these tanks since 1991. They should have had regular inspections to make sure these tanks were safe.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion it's the companies fault entirely. After all they weren't responsible enough to regularly check their storage containers for cracks or other defaults and due to their negligent actions they put several people's health at risk. Overall the companies location was awfully placed. It's not at all logical to locate a oil company's toxic storage containers just upstream from the city's water treatment plant without first realizing the negative consequences. All in all this situation could have and should have been avoided if the company had just put more thought into the severity of such an issue.
ReplyDeleteI believe the the company should pay for the cleanup. A company should regularly expect their storage containers and because they lacked to do this the water was contaminated. The video stated the containers hadn't been inspected since 1991 meaning it had 23 yrs of problems boiling up until it caused a spill. Though the government should pay for the affects it had on people. The government should of stepped up and put regulations on these plants to protect the water and citizens of West Virginia. All this could have been avoided if the government put regulations and did checks on the storage units instead of waiting 24 year too late.
ReplyDeleteI believe the company responsible for the water pollution should pay for the cleanup efforts. First off, their containment tanks were quite apparently not stable or safe enough not to leak; and on top of that, they were located just upstream from a major drinking water source. It's asking for trouble. And the fact that they had not been inspected since 1991 is a shocking one...companies storing toxic chemicals should be much more highly regulated. The government should pay for improvements to be made to the storage containers, and maybe they even need to be moved elsewhere. The government should also make sure regular inspections are made for companies such as this one.
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