Pollution is an ongoing problem that is being worsened due to international trading, obviously all trading is going to hard the environment because of the production of products using fossil fuels and natural resources then the transportation using more oil and fuel and so on. However some companies contribute a lot more heavily to pollution than others, for example one large contribute is Shell and other fuel producers.
ShellHave been documented for their high amounts of pollution, with shell it is not just polluting into the atmosphere with harmful gasses. It is affecting the land of foreign countries that they are trading with, the main damage is being caused by tar sands, a tar sand is what is known as the wasteland after oil has been taken from a site it looks like a large empty space almost as if a bomb as hit the area. Another type of pollution that has arisen due to international trading is regarding Shell's "rusting network of pipes". This is a large pipe networked owned by shell that passes through much of Africa, locals aren't pleased with this becuase it is now in bad condition and leaks harmful substances into their water supply as well has creating a higher risk of fires.
The FoE said
“'The
decades of pollution caused by Shell's rusting network of pipes continue to
blight daily life, ruining farmland, poisoning water tables and creating the
constant risk of serious fires,' says the FoE report.”
Shell claim to have played their bit in doing good for the environment also, by investing nearly £50 million into projects with schools, hospitals and water projects however it has been said that a lot of these are uncompleted and haven't had the right input.
Apple
Apple are another company who in the past have been known for polluting during international trade, although Apple's history is slightly different. They were documented for using products with a toxic discharge to clean the screen of their most popular product the I-Phone, this is ethically and morally wrong. Considering Apple said that "127 workers were poisoned in 2009", these workers were in the Wintek factory in Suzouh. In my opinion I can't understand why the company let it get to that number, surely if the company was being "ethically correct" as soon as one case was reported the use of that cleaning chemical would of been stopped.
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