Human Rights at Home and Abroad: Past, Present, and Future

also to the matter of the Fukushima nuclear energy plant located along the coast. When the tsunami hit the
Japanese coast, it shut down the cooling system to the plant and caused massive amounts of radiation to
lead into the air and now the sea. According to representative at ―Tokyo Electric Power Co… plutonium
ha[s] been detected in soil samples that were taken [March 22 nd ] at five spots [on] the plant [grounds]‖
(AFP, ―Japan on Maximum Alert…,‖ 1). Although it is unsure when the Fukushima plant situation will
finally be resolved, as the radiation seeps deeper into the soil and sea and continues to spread, human
rights will become the topic of discussion. Japanese officials greed for optional ways of providing energy
has ultimately created what would have only been nature acting against itself, into man battling and
harming nature.
Since the beginning of conservation, the discussion of human rights has loomed right along side.
In the United States, the legal drilling of natural gas has destroyed not only nature, but also the healthy
living ecosystem many American citizens reside in. While the BP Oil Spill destroyed the ecosystem in the
Gulf of Mexico that provides for the lives of millions of people. The disruption of human rights in Peru
has caused and international outcry to the unruly deaths of thirty and more indigenous tribesmen
attempting to save the Peruvian Amazon from ultimate destruction. Furthermore, the uncertainty of
Japan‘s radiation has the world on edge as countless ecosystems futures are risk of destruction, harming
the forthcoming years. Although conservation may not seem an important topic of conservation, the
destruction of many natural resources does hinder the lives of all human beings in the world.
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