Pollution And Its Consequences

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automobiles are the cancer of modern society. Poisoned by carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide is the air we breathe. Our rivers are filled up with industrial waste, trash and broken bottles, and stained with oil. Each and every year the pollution of the air and water takes its toll, causing diseases, and shortening lives. The economic cost annually is several billion dollars.
Perhaps this sounds easy that, the huge pollutants corporations are, they'd be willing to sacrifice a little bit but the almighty dollar is much too much for them, as evidenced by this. In 1991, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) in Los Angeles adopted a rule requiring all oil company marine terminals to install equipment to capture toxic vapors that escape when tankers are unloaded-much like the nozzles now found on pumps at gas stations, but on a much larger scale.
These vapor control systems capture over 95 percent of toxic fumes released when tankers unload. This rule ...

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the South Bay terminals from the grave health effects of tons of toxic vapors released every time a tanker unloads. It's illegal. The pollution trading scheme of Rule 1610 violates the federal Clean Air Act. It creates unnecessary civil rights violations. Under the L.A. scheme, the Latino residents of South Bay have no choice but to absorb thousands of pounds of toxic vapors every month. It exacerbates environmental justice concerns. The EPA's National Environmental Justice Committee has condemned Rule 1610 for creating toxic "hot spots' in communities of color.

The Clean Air Act allows any person to bring a lawsuit in federal court against a facility for failure to comply ...

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