Outsourcing are we exporting our pollution along with our jobs Yes most definitely we are Alice Wang ENVR 230 11 08 07 Kuznets Curve Environmental Regulations 1938 Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act 1947 Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act also known as the Clean Water Act 1955 Clean Air Act 1965 Shoreline Erosion Protection Act 1965 Solid Waste Disposal Act 1970 National Environmental Policy Act 1970 Pollution Prevention Packaging Act 1970 Resource Recovery Act 1971 Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act 1972 Coastal Zone Management Act 1972 Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act 1972 Ocean Dumping Act 1973 Endangered Species Act 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act 1974 Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act 1975 Hazardous Materials Transportation Act 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 1978 Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control 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AHHHHHHHHHHHH United States Outsourcing What better way to describe outsourcing but through statistics 300 000 400 000 jobs have been given to overseas contractors according to The National Review May 3 2004 In December 2005 it was predicted that 1 4 million jobs would be outsourced between 2004 and 2008 Meta Group estimates that offshore outsourcing will grow by more than 20 annually increasing it from a 7 billion market in 2003 to a 10 billion market in 2005 According to Deloitte Consulting 2 million jobs will move from the United States and Europe to cheaper destinations in the financial services business alone The emigration of service jobs across all industries could be as high as 4 million Forrester Research estimates that 3 3 million U S jobs and 136 billion in wages could be moved to such countries as India China and Russia by 2015 More Stats But what do all these statistics mean Well basically All these outsourcing statistics show that the offshore outsourcing trend is enormous and will just keep growing So yes outsourcing is happening and has increased in the past few decades but what does this mean in terms of environmental consequences Earth Democracy Vandana Shiva Earth Democracy Justice Sustainability and Peace http youtube com watch v DcRciFNHlyg Let s talk about China China where factories are springing up like dandelions and whose labor force is cheap and plentiful Gristmill Environmental News and Commentary Pollution Problems Public health is reeling Pollution has made cancer China