Japan (toxic) Clean-up Next Hurdle to Overcome

[phantom power]

The Japan clean-up is the next hurdle to overcome in the Asian country's troubles. With costs rising up to an estimated $309 billion, according to The Associated Press, the Japanese have quite a challenge ahead of them.

“In Katrina, you had debris that had seawater, sewage, chemicals, gasoline, oil, that was all mixed together in a toxic soup. And you're going to have similar problems with the disaster in Japan,” David McEntire said to the AP. McEntire is a disaster expert with the University of North Texas.

http://www.thirdage.com/news/japan-clean-next-hurdle-overcome_3-24-2011

Yet while highlighting the capriciousness of nature to those who expect benevolence there, this crisis equally highlights the hazards of progress to those who believe in our scientific mastery over the planet. The current situation equally reveals that the ultra-modern remains vulnerable to the ultra-primitive. Aside from the evolving nuclear crisis, the Japanese tsunami has created a toxic brew of modern industrial chemicals, the health implications of which will play out for years to come. We have the capacity to abuse the planet, but in this very humbling lesson, we are reminded we don't have the power to rule it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-katz-md/aftershocks-reasoning-alo_b_837654.html