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1366 -- City of Paris forces butchers to dispose of animal wastes outside the city (Ponting); similar laws would be disputed in Philadelphia and New York nearly 400 years later.
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1388 -- Parliament passes an act forbidding the throwing of filth and garbage into ditches, rivers and waters. City of Cambridge also passes the first urban sanitary laws in England.
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1775- found out coal is causing cancer for chimney sweepers
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1799- Manhattan company formed to build waterline in new york
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First glass light
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1831 - House of Commons Factory Commission: Investigated conditions of workers in textile mills. Said they were stunted, diseased, deformed, and degraded.
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1833 - Report of the Board of Health (focus: Cholera Outbreak): A severe outbreak of cholera affects many British towns and cities and prompts investigation on the part of the medical community. 32,000 victims in total. Dr. Robert Baker submits his Report to the Leeds Board of Health outlining his investigation into the cholera outbreak in Leeds.
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1842 - The Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britian: A report on the results of a special inquiry into the practice of burials in towns.
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1842 - Royal Commission on Employment of Children in the Mines: Extensive report on every aspect of employment, living conditions, etc of children who worked in mines.
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1842-disease closely connected to sanitary conditions they need better ventilation and cleaner
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1872 - American Public Health Association: Was founded in 1872 when scientific advances were helping to reveal the causes of communicable diseases.
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1872-american health association was found in 1872. they insured that the food and water was clean.
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1875 - British Public Health Act: Consolidation of previous 30 laws. Every part of the country has public health authorities. They each have a medical officer and one sanitary inspector to ensure laws on food adulteration, water supplies and cleansing are upheld. Local poweres are able to lay sewers, drains and build reservoirs.
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1906 -- 100,000 acres of Alaskan coal land withdrawn from public use; sold by USGS to private interests, creating a scandal in 1910.
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1907 -- Mine disaster in Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 coal miners. Subsequent public concern leads to creation of the US Bureau of Mines in 1910.
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1912 -- National Waterways Commission report recommends waterway improvements.
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1920 -- US Water Power Act allows federal hydroelectric
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1922 --August 11 -- National Coast Anti Pollution League formed by officials at Atlantic City, New Jersey to help stop oil dumping.
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1924 -- Oil Pollution Act was passed and it prohibited discharge from any vessel within the a certain distance except for accidents.
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1947 -- Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District formed; first air pollution control bureau in the nation.
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1948 -- Federal Water Pollution Control Act; beginning of active House and Senate Public Works Committee interest in water pollution.
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1949 -- First US conference on air pollution sponsored by Public Health Service.
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1970 -- Environmental Protection Agency created. Law on air emissions to create cleaner air. It also cleans up the water also like the environment.
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1970 -- Natural Resources Defence Council is created. they help defend wildlife and places for a healthier environment.
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1980 - November 20 -- Jefferson Island salt mine in New Iberia, Louisiana collapses after a Texaco oil-drilling rig on nearby Lake Peigneur accidentally penetrates an abandoned salt-mining cavern. The emptying lake empties pulling houses, barges, tugboats and oil rigs down into a half mile crater but no injuries or deaths are reported.
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1981 -- Ocean Arks International founded by John Todd. Dr. John Todd, is a global leader in the field of ecological water purification. The response to the alarming rate of natural resource exploitation and depletion, our mission is to disseminate the ideas and practices of ecological sustainability throughout the world.
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1990 -- Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES) formed by Ocean Robbins and Ryan Eliason. it is a non profit organization that raises money from fundraiser to help better the environment
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1993 -- April -- Korean Foundation for Environmental Movement. a non profit organization that tries to get cleaner air
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100 AD – Hero of Alexandria experiments with solar powered pumps.
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The Roman Senate passes a law to protect water stored during dry periods so it can be released for street and sewer cleaning.
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2000 -- August -- Rain forest logging banned in New Zealand following a 30 year campaign by environmental groups.
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2002 - The U.S. wind energy industry wins passage of an extended production tax credit for electricity generated by wind power.
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Oil Demand, Changes in climate will effect resources, Biofuel and renewable energy sources, Fusion Power
