Managing Environmental Issues - 1335 Words

Managing Environmental Issues SCI/362 June 16, 2013 Colney and Pitts is a pharmaceutical company that is located in California. Colney and Pitts are planning to set up a manufacturing plant near the Aberdares mountain range in the eastern highlands of Kenya. Their main purpose is to use this facility to manufacture medications for prostate cancer. Located in the Aberdares Mountain is a native tribe called The Kikuyu. After much research and extensive surveying of the area, it was determined that a type of evergreen tree known as â€Å"pygeum† or prunus Africana, is used by the tribes people to cure what they refer to as â€Å"old men’s disease†. We would commonly know this as prostatitis and genitourinary disorders. â€Å"The species has†¦show more content†¦Some of their ideas are that the government should give a full time doctor and medical facility to the disposal of the tribe, also to provide them work within the plant and a paycheck every week. Another option is to lay down roads that connect the region to the mainland and then provide permanent housing for all members of the tribe. Unfortunately, many African governments are known for being unfair and uncivilized, and even corrupt, so how are we to know that they Kiyuku tribe would ever see any of the money or other benefits they are being offered? What is to say they don’t keep the money for themselves and give away the housing and medical to other civilians in the country and not the tribe people? Many people are lead to wonder if the tribal leaders are fully aware of the ramifications tied to the plans that Colney and Pitts are offering them. For thousands of years this tribe has thrived in this land, without the need for money, doctor training, permanent housing. One thing is perfectly career with regards to the Kiyuku and its people, they have been surviving without the modern technology in medicine, without machine driven construction of their homes and without farm hands and tractors to grow their food. They have been surviving strong with the same skills that started with their people hundreds of years ago. So at the end of the day, one may not believe that the Kikuyu tribe will suffer the mostShow MoreRelatedThe Scarcity Of Water And Its Effect On Gender Inequality1526 Words   |  7 Pagesgroundwater by farmers. These environmental and social causes of the shortage of water relate to sociological frameworks of the treadmill of production, and Ehrlich’s impact equation. The extraction of water leads to an increase in more crops, where farmers make more money and it feeds this treadmill of production. As the over extract many other villages don’t have a way to manage the water and they hardly get a good amount to feed their household. 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