The extinction of the human race as we know it

It is definite that our race is to come into extinction sooner or later for causes drastic and unexplainable. We have surpassed various obstacles and overcame distinct challenges yet our individual tendencies inevitably contribute to our own extinction. We have now ultimately moved closer to our own pitiful destiny as society tends to be careless.

The article “Environment group to prosecute Detroit firm”, written by Peter Gorrie an Environment Reporter of the Toronto Star, is thematically linked to the essay written in class for its clear representation on how careless society is and the efforts of an environment group to right the wrongs of a provincial catastrophe.

Destruction and devastation occurs around the world because of the people’s lack of care. Society cares for no one but their individual selves. In both texts society’s insignificant actions have serious consequences and should be thought out before done. We have the tendency to pollute wherever we travel and go, not realizing that a casual piece of paper we are likely to throw out is a benefactor to pollution, feeding our extinction. We have various effects on the environment which shows how careless we are thus factoring a new chapter to our inevitable extinction. In the article, Peter Gorrie states that a U.S company has supposedly dumped toxic mercury on to the province through an indirect factor. It is said that the mercury has leaked through the chimney stacks of two of the nine coal fuelled electricity generating stations emitting 300 kilograms of mercury each year. Mercury a substance that attacks the human’s nervous system has contaminated the St. Clair River at the same time violating the Fisheries Act of Canada. This factor can inevitably contribute to our own extinction as one gram of mercury can poison a 10 hectare lake affecting our water supply and degrading of our species.
Society’s lack of care has a great negative effect on the environment and the economy. In one way as we try to clean up the various factors affecting this pitiful destiny we also end up feeding a new problem at the end. Our lack of care has dealt with the downfall of the environment but now financial matters are affected by it as well. In the article the American company is to pay off any known damages because of their leakage alongside an advanced filter worth one billion dollars U.S. It is likely that the company will be sued for any potential health hazards in the future as mercury goes into the air as a vapour and stays floating for a while.

Our inevitable extinction is progressing throughout various paces as there are different factors affecting the degrading of our race. Our tendencies make our demise more clear, as our individual traits benefactor distinct ways of our own extinction. The lack of care is a tendency which society shares. We are careless of what is happening around the world and should spend some time to fix corruptions. We are careless, not showing any potential care for the environment, or species living and interacting within it. All of which factoring a certain catastrophe in which we are surely going to go extinct.

Read the full article here:

http://thegreenpages.ca/portal/on/2008/01/newswire_environment_group_to/

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