Environmental_Protection_Angency

Environmental Protection Angency The EPA: Can It & Will It Save Our Environment' Pollution of our environment is an issue that concerns nearly each and every one of us. The threat of environmental degradation now looms greater than the threat of nuclear war in the middle-east. Patrick Henry once said, "I know no way of judging the future but by the past. In the past man has trampled on the environment. And now, someone needs to stop this terrible act." The word "ecology" is defined as "a study of home." It means "discovering what damage man has done, then finding a way to fix it." The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to fix our home, which is the planet Earth. Destruction of forests, land degradation, atmosperic contamination, and dried up watersheds are some of the major environmental problems facing the EPA. In 1970, the EPA was created by President Nixon to protect the public health and environment. The cancer-causing DDT was banned in 1972 and was found accumulating in the food chain of various species. The use of lead in gasoline was phased out in 1973, which caused lead levels to drop nearly 98%. In 1974 the agency required drinking water to be physically epa, environment, made, environmental, toxic, political, agency, required, pollution, health, cleanup, caused, been, air, way, water, wastes, waste, very, trying, threat, said, reported, protection, protect, problems, president, place, people, past, one, now, nearly, million, man