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This 5 page paper is based on a Harvard case study about exporting pesticides from the U.S. to developing countries. It is a paper that deals with ethics and morality. Sections include a synopsis of the scenario, the environment, the issues involved in the case, alternatives, recommendations and conclusions. This is not as clear-cut a case as it might seem. Fields that are treated will produce about 40 percent more crop than untreated fields. For countries that do not have enough food, the morality of selling them the chemicals is almost a moot question. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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chemical produced for the purpose of killing a variety of pests, including insects, rodents, weeks and so forth. By nature, pesticides are extremely toxic. This is a huge industry, with
annual revenues reaching over $13 billion in the early 1970s. As an example, in 1971, the World Health Organization classified the product leptophos, extremely hazardous because it had delayed nuerotoxic
effects. This was a very popular pesticide sold under the label Phosvel. Reports indicated that this product was responsible for the deaths of water buffalo in Egypt. Nonetheless, companies
continued to export about 800 million pounds of these products every year. At the time, pesticides was one of the fastest growing industries in the country. The question is whether
or not the sale of pesticides to undeveloped and developing countries is ethical and moral? Environment We will call the internal environment the pesticide industry and the
external environment will be everyone else. Companies in the pesticide industry need to sell their products to stay in business and to keep tens of thousands of people employed. They
argue the only reason their products have negative impacts is because they are not used correctly. The U.S. government, EPA, and environmental and ecological activist groups argue that these
products cause illness and death to animals, fish and humans. They should not be sold under any circumstances to anyone in the world. It is immoral and unethical to sell
these products knowing the dire effects. This is a hostile situation between the two sets of groups, each stressing they are right. Issues and Problems It has been found
that pesticides harm humans and other animals, often fatally. They also have a lot of benefits, such as increasing crop production. For example, prior to pesticides, about 25 percent of
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