What Effect Does Pearl Harbor Have On The Environment

The battle between Japan and America was the start of a cycle that damaged the environment pretty bad. Japan was very dependent on American oil and when America closed the Panama Canal, Japan became really angry. The attack on Pearl Harbor was the reaction from Japan. Pearl Harbor suffered and its environment was heavily damaged. This led America to join the war. Many ships and submarines sunk during that period and some are still in the ocean. Leakage from ships also damaged the aquatic habitat. The resulting ash from this battle also presented many toxins to the environment.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is an agency that is responsible for construction projects like dams and then serving the military during war by building constructions, …show more content…
The effects of chemical weapons can last for a long time and cleaning the environment from these chemicals can be costly. The Army Corps of Engineers were also in charge of the Manhattan Project. The goal of this mission was to create nuclear weapons and the operation was set up in Oak Ridge. After building the bomb, Americans decided to test the bomb and Trinity was the name of the first nuclear test. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Japan to surrender and end the war. After the war, Americans weren’t satisfied. They saw weapons as tool of survival. Americans did some tests on Bikini Atoll. Marshal Islands were also one of the testing sites of these bombs. The chemicals produced by these actions took its toll on the environment. Nevada Test Site was another place for testing the nukes. The winds passing through the Nevada Site carried the dust and presented Utah with its fair share of problems such as cancer. All of these testing sites provided their fair share of environmental issues to America. Toxic wastes and fallout from these nuclear tests had its effect on the environment. Even some storage places in America became toxic due to the radioactivity of …show more content…
Their ability to harm the enemies was just too much. According to Rachel Carson who was an environmentalist, Toxins and wastes from these chemical factories was dumped into the water and caused pollution. Animals consumed the chemicals. These chemicals probably moved down all the way through the food chain. They were probably consumed by humans. “A Who 's Who of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones - we had better know something about their nature and their power” (Carson 17). America was using these chemicals for weapons and for agricultural reasons. The effect of these chemicals hurt the ecosystems and ended up in the