TAILIEUCHUNG - Security and the Environment in Pakistan

The hazards of methylmercury poisoning received modern international attention in 1956 when many of the residents of Minamata, Japan, became seriously ill, or died, after eating the fish and shellfish in Minamata Bay. A chemical plant that used methylmercury to manufacture plastic (acetaldehyde) was dumping methylmercury-contaminated wastes into Minamata Bay. The mercury built up or bioaccumulated in the fish and shellfish, which were a major part of the residents’ diets. A similar tragedy unfolded in the nearby town of Nigata, Japan. Eventually, hundreds of people died, including many stillborn children, and thousands were made severely ill from eating the contaminated seafood. The official Japanese government estimate of. | Congressional Research K Service---- Security and the Environment in Pakistan Bruce Vaughn Specialist in Asian Affairs Nicole T. Carter Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Pervaze A. Sheikh Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Renée Johnson Specialist in Agricultural Policy August 3 2010 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 R41358 CRS Report for Congress------------- Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Security and the Environment in Pakistan Summary This report focuses on the nexus between security and environmental concerns in Pakistan that have the potential to affect American security and foreign policy interests. Environmental concerns include but are not limited to water and food scarcity natural disasters and the effects of climate change. Environmental stresses when combined with the other socio-economic and political stresses on Pakistan have the potential to further weaken an already weak Pakistani state. Such a scenario would make it more difficult to achieve the . goal of neutralizing antiWestern terrorists in Pakistan. Some analysts argue that disagreements over water could also exacerbate existing tensions between India and Pakistan. Given the importance of this region to . interests for many reasons the report identifies an issue that may be of increasing concern for Congress in the years ahead. The report examines the potentially destabilizing effect that when combined with Pakistan s demographic trends and limited economic development water scarcity limited arable land and food security may have on an already radicalized internal and destabilized international politicalsecurity environment. The report considers the especially important hypothesis that the combination of these factors could contribute to Pakistan s decline as a fully functioning state creating new or expanding existing largely ungoverned areas. The creation or expansion of ungoverned areas or areas of limited control by the government of Pakistan

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