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Originally Posted by justplugit
Water quality was excellent, used to drink out of the fishing streams 25 miles from NY City. Food was fresh ,grown locally, except for rotenone there
were few if any other pesticides.
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But issues like water quality are directly related to industrial growth and government regulation.
Industry will sometimes do what's required by law and rarely nothing more.
You can't calculate the benefits of an economy built on consumerism without factoring in the side effects.
-spence