October 21, 2021 Reflection

 Today, we continued watching the documentary and the section today talked about the damage caused by chemical advancements. There were mainly two problems that we touched on today, and the first was made to help sell more agriculture and the other was to be used to clear forest for war in Vietnam. Despite this faint difference in motive one similarity is that they were created for the benefit of humans with many unfixable damages to humans and nature. Firstly, the pesticide was a chemical to kill unwanted bugs eating farmers' crops. It helped farmers sell more food. The second is Agent Orange, a life-killing chemical used in the Vietnam war used by the US to balance their battle area with the Vietnamese. Both polluted the soil, connecting to the water source and contaminating thousands of families living near the usage site. Even though the initial contamination was done years before the problem, the damage still lingers within families around the world. But the problem with this is that the corporations responsible for these damages won't take responsibility for their blunders, and the documentary was to inform people about the truth about these corporations. 

It was fascinating to see the truth about how people are able to bs their way out of these situations without anyone pointing them out about the things they do. Many people may feel devastation or disappointment for these companies' actions but I think that if they really want to change how these corporations act, the rules themselves have to change. I understand that some of the things they do are illegal, immoral, and inhumane and that they should be shamed and punished for their actions, but a few of those things are technically just bending the rules. I'm no expert in this field, but I think that part of the reason why people aren't bashing these companies is that they can't find strong enough evidence showing they are breaking the law. Therefore, if their goal was to completely stop these acts, they would have to face a bigger challenge of changing these rules.