U.S. Businesses and the Environment

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This paper details the harm that U.S. businesses cause to the environment and freshwater systems in America. The writer of this paper shows some of the steps that have been taken in attempts to curtail the destruction of the environment by American business industries. This paper also probes the recently emerged reports that the nation's water system is being polluted by the pharmaceutical industry and its impact on the environment.
Topics covered in this report include:
Introduction
125 Groups Prod EPA to Protect Our Water
Pesticides in Streams of the United States-Initial Results from the National Water-Quality Assessment Program
More Waters Test Positive for Drugs
Dredging Churns Up Toxic Chemicals
Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Dishonorable Discharge: Toxic Pollution of America's Waters
Summary of State Water Quality Laws Affecting Agriculture
Fables of Federal Regulation
Conclusion
References

From the Paper:

"Increasingly, one can find evidence of the harm that American businesses do to freshwater systems in the country in government, scholarly, and news publications. A number of such publications are summarized below in an attempt to show that, in the arena of freshwater systems in the United States, the changes that are slowly being made to policy and practice are not yet enough to counteract the destruction of these systems by factories and other holdings of American industry and business."

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