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prevent air and water pollution from degrading them did not.
Ask someone living next to a refinery, chemical plant, or even a local auto body shop, whether environmental regulations should be enforced. You will hear stories that differ greatly from lobbyists’ anecdotes in the halls of Congress pushing for a weakened EPA.
Many people remember what the environment was like 25 years ago when EPA was created and before most environmental laws were passed and enforced. Without regulations, companies could, and did, dump haz- • ardous waste onto the ground, spewed black clouds of air pollution into the sky and poured waste into rivers and waterways with no threat of penalty.
Today, man>^ companies follow the law and have embraced sound pollution control strategies; however, continued violations make it clear that the environmental cop needs to stay on the beat.
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