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The Toxic Burden of Modern Technology

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he government should be concerned about the toxic burden of modern technology. As the world improves its development profile, we are beginning to see some problems that were never prevalent in the past because of the increased use of advanced techniques that do not necessarily improve the environment in which we live. Those that have pointed out this fact have been derided as environmental nuts and left wing zealots. However the reality is that there is the need to consider the toxic burden of modern technology. This is because our quality of life is determined by more than just the goods that we can make and consume within a given period of time. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at the blood samples of people in the United States of America, they found that many children and adults made up to one hundred and seventy different toxins within their body. What was absolutely shocking was that many of these toxins were industrial rather than organic. Dioxin...