Comments on: Brazil: Deadly chemical leak kills 80 ton fish in Rio de Janeiro

By: Tay Tantivirun

Tay Tantivirun — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:11:02 +0000

In my opinion I believe the reason this crisis happen was because of the standard and the procedure that was regulated by the company. They should have stricter rules and standard while processing with the chemical. As a result it would benefit everyone including the company themselves, as there would no loss of money and resources but a gain. This wouldn’t have happen if these safety regulation were pass out.

Think about the mistake that was made. With just one small mistake, it could lead into such a big issues that affects everyone. I feel sympathy for the people who earned a living by using the resources from that river. Since the river is a sources of food. But as the animals and it’s habitat are being wiped out by the toxic waist, it would be impossible to get food as well as water supplies. I thought to myself, what will they do now? Will it affect their lives since the rivers is like a part of their daily life. I also thought about the people drinking that water, what if there are still traces of the chemical?

So if the little mistakes were never made all of this mess wouldn’t be occurring like a chain reaction. In other word it is better to not start it at all.

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By: Anna Kay

Anna Kay — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:57:21 +0000

Environmental criminals!! Exactly! Making a mess, destroying lives, and not taking responsibility for it. Remember what Chevron did in Ecuador? They dumped over 18 billion gallons of oil and toxic water into the streams. Today the drinking water is contaminated and over 1,000 people have died from cancer and thousands more are sick with skin disease and respiratory illness and Chevron still does not want to admit they did something wrong.
If you want to find out more about what is surely the largest environmental disaster on the planet, read this blog, http://www.thechevronpit.blogspot.com and this article, http://www.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/11/ecuador-keeps-u.html

By: Dr Satyabroto Banerji

Dr Satyabroto Banerji — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:48:38 +0000

I deeply regret the loss of invaluable marine life as a result of this tragic accident. Contaminated water and soil can quickly be treated chemically and with useful microbes to degrade Endosulfan residues.

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:50:17 +0000

Thanks for showing sympathy Mat. I hope that by spreading this images, even if disturbing, we can help to raise awareness of issues like this and make sure that we follow up and see that culprits are punished.

By: Mat Bose

Mat Bose — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:53:27 +0000

This story and the pictures of the dead animals are very disturbing. I have been reading about the disappearance of species due to global warming and environmental degradation, and this is yet another gut wrenching example of our careless treatment of the earth. My heart goes out to the people who’s lives depend on this river.