Chapter 4

What I found most interesting in this chapter is that fact that governments and businesses tried to convince employees that the symptoms of exposure to toxins were all in their heads. Tian Lihua had suffered temporarily paralysis, dizziness, and then fell unconscious during work at a factory that produced raw chemical materials. When she woke up in the hospital, government officials said it was all in her head. She was the source of the problem, but 1,200 other employees were hospitalized with the same symptoms… hardly in her head. I don’t understand why the government and these businesses are so willing to put their employees at risk, other than the fact that they are very selfish and only looking for the profits of such business. In the end, it will only end up hurting everyone. It can be seen by the thousands of carp found dead, the thousands of children suffering from lead poison, and thousands of locals and employees falling sick that the government and employers need to stop being so selfish. I singled out the selfishness of employers because I have never seen or heard of such blatant cover up with poor business operations and health and safety. It blew my mind that these people were willing to put people, children, and their country at risk.