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This 4 page paper examines various ideas about environmental regulation. The paper argues that it is necessary to preserve the health and well being of the people. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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there are some environmentally conscious firms, by and large, regulation is necessary in order to stop problems with pollution and other practices that negatively affect the environment. It is too
monumental a task to expect companies will on their own simply take the initiative to clean up the environment. There are several agencies around the world which have been formed
to help the environment. In the United States, there is the Environmental Protection Agency, which is better known as the EPA ("Air pollution," 2006). There are also, within the United
States, a variety of bodies that monitor and control the air quality ("Air pollution," 2006). Many of these governmental agencies control air pollution by using preventative techniques ("Air
pollution," 2006). A similar situation exists for other types of pollution such as water pollution. Additionally, there have been situations where companies dump chemicals into the ground or nearby water,
and this causes phenomena like cancer clusters and other illness. Films have been made about such things where unscrupulous companies hide what they have done. These are extreme cases. For
the most part, firms are perhaps careless, or want to cut corners, but few purposely dump chemicals or focus on a significant cover-up. Environmental ethics is important but the
topic is controversial. It is something that has evolved and today, there are scientists who believe that they have a significant obligation to assist society in handling the current human
predicament (Bazzaz et al. 1998, Lubchenco 1998 as cited in Ehrlich, 2002). Yet, there is disagreement on that perspective as some scientists believe that advocacy to an extent reduces credibility
(Ehrlich, 2002). That is a good point. If a scientist is supposed to be objective, advocacy would influence future research. If he or she for example stumbles on a
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