| Increasing use of toxic industrial
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| | out the year exposing themselves to
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| chemicals, slow pace of disposal of toxic
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| | serious health hazards.
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| wastes from contaminated sites and lack
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| | The U.S. Clean Air Act of 1970 and its
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| of effective control in reducing emission
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| | later amendments define air quality and
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| of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide
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| | purity standards and compelled market
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| are contributing to global warming and
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| | forces and industries to control air
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| polluting the environment. Cutting of
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| | pollution. Clean Water Act (1972) defines
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| trees, cleaning and reducing forested
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| | the U.S. water quality and purity
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| areas and slow replenishing of forested
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| | standards, its 1987 amendment laid down
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| areas are making the effects of pollution
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| | norms for controlling emission of toxic
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| more devastating.
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| | pollutants and the 1990 amendment made
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| In recent times the effects of pollution
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| | laws to control hazards from oil spill.
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| have been draining the nutrients from
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| | Comprehensive Environmental Response,
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| soil, reducing major marine life,
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| | Compensation and Liability Act provided
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| increasing the presence of harmful
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| | for companies to clean toxic wastes from
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| microorganisms in water and having
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| | contaminated sites. Emergency Planning
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| adverse effects on the biodiversity.
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| | and Community Right-to-Know Act (1986)
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| American Long Association has reported
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| | has made it mandatory for the companies
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| that particle pollution resulting from
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| | to disclose information about the toxic
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| emissions from power plants, vehicles,
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| | gases and chemicals they release into
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| burning of wood and agricultural products
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| | air, water and land.
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| is increasing risks of asthma attacks,
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| | All these laws provide opportunities to
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| heart attacks, cancer and other breathing
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| | people to file public interest suits
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| problems. The same report says that
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| | whenever they find something wrong being
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| nearly 23 percent of Americans live under
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| | done to pollute the environment.
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| conditions of particle pollution through
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