Chapter six is titled “Environmental Warfare”, upon reading this it left me questioning what this chapter was going to be about. The chapter ended up being about dioxin toxicity and its effects in New Jersey, specifically in Newark. There was a spillage of agent orange, which was a herbicide, used in the Vietnam war. The soil in this area was collected and sent to Sweden to get tested and was ended up being so contaminated that it caused a contamination in the entire lab in Sweden. This entire time residents in of Newark were living among a highly toxic area that can cause health issues for them and their families. While reading this chapter, I thought it was crazy that someone could be living so close to something so toxic, that it contaminated an entire lab during testing, and not even know it!
Another thing in the chapter I found alarming, was the existence of dioxin in our fish supply. Dumping in our waterways has caused contamination to the sea life, which in the end will also contaminate the humans who consume these fish. It is upsetting that fishermen lives are also impacted, as they cannot be fishing for fish with a toxicity higher than the FDA allows. They are concerned for their families, who eat a lot of fish from these areas, and could end up causing health problems along the way, as they are such frequent consumers. It was shocking to read these companies will continue to dump their toxic waste into waterways and not care about how they are effecting those in the area, and how they are causing harm to innocent families and children who are consuming fish containing toxic waste chemicals. If I was in the situation of these residents, I would also worry about my well being, and it creates a sense of caution for the future, because I will always think about this when I see others consuming fish.
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