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The First Earth Day
Occopational Health and Safety Act: prmotes safe working conditions.
Resources Recovery Act: regulates waste disposal and recycling -
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Economical Changes during the 70s
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Save the Ocean
Ocean Dumping Act; Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act; and Costal Zone Management Act help regulate and protect oceans & costal areas -
Lead
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Act: regulates use of lead on toys and cooking & eating utensils -
Ozone Layer
Sherwood Roland & Mario Molina suggest CFCs (Cholorfluorcarbons) are depleting the ozone layer in the stratosphere. -
Energy Conservation
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: prmotes energy conservation -
Save the Forests!!
National Forest Management Act: eastablished guidelines for managing national forests -
Love Canal, New York
Love Canal was considered a hazardous place because toxic wastes were leaking from an old dumpsite
