Environmental History of the US

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A look at various studies on the environment and preservation which have been performed over the past two centuries. This paper looks at how certain items were considered safe and environmentally friendly fifty years ago and how today they are considered to be cancer-causing. The question is asked whether future studies will disprove what has been discovered today.

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"The earth has been around for millions of years. It would be an understatement to say that the earth's environment has gone through many changes since its crude beginnings. The earth is in a state of continual change, species come and go, land forms rise and disappear, even the composition of the atmosphere changes over time. Man's influence on the environment is a relatively modern one by earth's standards, yet in our short time here, we have changed the environment more than any other species has in the past. It would be an act of arrogance for human beings to say that they truly understand all of the complexities of the earth's environment. We only recently started studying the environment and in particular, our effects upon it, during the last two hundred years. We have a long way to go in understanding the complexities of the earth's environment."

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