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S7 E9: At the Tipping Point
Scene on Radio: Capitalism
Environmental Awareness is a Long Journey
The historical efforts to combat pollution highlight that bans on harmful substances often occur long after their negative impacts are understood. Rachel Carson's decades-long battle to demonstrate the dangers of DDT underscores the slow response of legislation to environmental threats, exacerbated by corporate lobbying. Despite the establishment of regulatory bodies like the EPA and the occurrence of Earth Day in 1970, pollution levels continue to rise in various forms, such as lead accumulation in ice caps and freshwater pollution. The complexity and longevity of pollutants in the environment signal ongoing challenges, suggesting that many harmful substances may still remain undiscovered and unregulated.
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