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When there are situations concerning storing chemicals in residential areas, we are talking about a major issue. Under the Laws of the United States and other first-world European nations, the law is very clear and prohibits the establishment of chemical industries next to residential areas. Period.
However, when these same industries built ist facilities in undeveloped nations in Africa, India, or South America, they have no problem building their facilities next to residential areas or next to rivers or lakes, for the conveniences to do so.
This is an ethical conflict of cultural tradition in which underdeveloped countries allowed these practices due to corruption of politicians that accept bribes because "that is how things work here," in their underdeveloped countries.
But the question here is how intelligent, moral, and educated people from developed countries, accept those practices when they know they are going to affect the environment and risk the health of hundreds or thousands of people.
