What Is The Oil Pollution Act?
The Oil Pollution Act was established in 1990, as a result of oil spill accidents such as the Exxon Valdez one. This act requires oil tankers to have double hulls and to quickly and effectively …
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What Is The Resource Conservation And Recovery Act?
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act requires anyone who generates, transports or disposes of harmful pollutants to keep strict records. Any facility that keeps or disposes of hazardous …
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What Is The Safe Drinking Water Act Of 1974?
The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 requires the EPA for ascertaining what chemicals and other substances contaminate water and for establishing acceptable levels for bacteria, lead, radioactive …
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Toxic Torts: Lawsuits for Exposure to Toxic Materials
What is in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the dirt which grows our food, the vaccines we give our children and the products that we use? We hope and trust that our air, water, soil, vaccines and products are clean and free from environmental toxins. However, that is not always the case. Sometimes, companies release toxic substances into the environment, or they include …
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3 Infamous Environmental Lawsuits
Environmental law cases are important for both the litigants and the public at large. It is expensive to defend an environmental case and it can be even more expensive to lose an environmental case. Thus, high verdicts and settlements send a message to other businesses to be careful in the way that they conduct business so as to avoid environmental catastrophes and the resulting …
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