Allamad

Pollution: Free Markets vs. Social Conscience

My mom and dad both died from cancer (neither smoked) . All of the dogs they had even died from cancer. They lived 300 feet from an Emhart/Kwikset Lock factory that was one of the worst air-borne polluters in California. They were never told about the toxic pollution coming out from that plant. The developer who put their home and others near the factory in the 1950's and the owners of the factory never had to reveal what was coming out of the place.
Yes, environmental regulations are burdensome, but leaving it up to private businesses to inform the public and clean up their own act is a joke. Just ask the people living near coal mines in West Virginia, old gold mines in Colorado or near factory hog farms in Iowa or North Carolina. I suggest you check the EPA website to see what toxic stew you may be breathing in your neighborhood--you might be surprised. Thousands of people die in the U.S. every year from breathing polluted air (and their not all poor).