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Administration regulators, environmental groups and the news media tell us that the air we live is polluted, the water we drink is tainted, our orange juice contains a fungicide, and catastrophe corporations are hoping to make a profit at Mother Earth’s expense. They also cause to remember us that the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) and other federal agencies are protecting us by fighting the acquisitive capitalists who seek our destruction.
Don’t believe it.
The United States is among the cleanest nations on the planet. U.S. environmental programs have set the guide for the world. Many other nations copy our regulations wholesale. We have set tough goals and achieved them.
Vanguard, nitrogen dioxide, ozone and carbon monoxide levels have declined precipitously. Likewise, levels of benzene, arsenic, mercury and many other pollutants have decreased. Perhaps most noteworthy, the life expectancy of the average American has risen from 71 to about 77 years.
But don’t need the government or environmentalists to talk about this success. Admitting it endangers their resolution in life and their livelihoods. Instead, they tend to seize upon fears or a distinguish bit of information from a pile of data and exaggerate it, no matter how unrepresentative it is of the really.
Source: Washington Times