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Environmental Protection Angency

 

            The EPA: Can It & Will It Save Our Environment? .
             Pollution of our environment is an issue that concerns nearly each and every one .
             of us. The threat of environmental degradation now looms greater than the threat of .
             nuclear war in the middle-east. Patrick Henry once said, "I know no way of judging the .
             future but by the past. In the past man has trampled on the environment. And now, .
             someone needs to stop this terrible act." The word "ecology" is defined as "a study of .
             home." It means "discovering what damage man has done, then finding a way to fix it.".
             The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to fix our home, which is the .
             planet Earth. Destruction of forests, land degradation, atmosperic contamination, and .
             dried up watersheds are some of the major environmental problems facing the EPA. .
             In 1970, the EPA was created by President Nixon to protect the public health and .
             environment. The cancer-causing DDT was banned in 1972 and was found accumulating .
             in the food chain of various species. The use of lead in gasoline was phased out in 1973, .
             which caused lead levels to drop nearly 98%. In 1974 the agency required drinking water .
             to be physically and chemically treated. CFCs were banned in 1978 and a nation-wide .
             toxic waste site cleanup program was developed in 1980. The EPA then evacuated Times .
             Beach, Montana for dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil. It was then criticized for its .
             "heavyhandedness" and "arrogance" while it was in the process of doing this.
             Charges of mismanagement and bad political influences caused the president .
             of the EPA to resign in 1983. It was reported that the deputy director resigned after being .
             charged with having a "hit list" of employees to be hired, fired, and/or promoted because .
             of their political leanings. The former head of the toxic waste cleanup committee was .
             found guilty of perjury and obstructing congressional inquiry. .
             A regulation requiring treatment of hazardous wastes before disposal underground .


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