| Show BLUE SKIES CLEAR WATER I 1 v ta I y v- v t TEAMWORK TEAl NEEDED With two thirds of our population living in urban areas and approximately 85 per cent of the people living on ors less than 2 per cent of the theland theland theland land it is easy to understand the growing national concern for fora a prompt solution to improving both air and water In defining the causes of air pollution a recent recen report by the National Academy of Sciences said that less than third one of the principal atmosphere I pollutants released in the US U.S. comes from manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- I plants or electric generating stations The remaining two thirds conies cornes from other sources such as auto gases and municipal sewage plants Murray Stein chief enforcement officer of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration has stated that The underlying cause of water pollution is that all over the country you have municipal sewage systems that are inadequate forthe for forthe forthe the loads that have been imposed on them in the thelast thelast thelast last few years Air and water contamination involves all American American American Amer Amer- ican society Pollutants are released whenever backyard backyard back back- yard leaves are burned whenever an automobile is used whenever apartment or municipal trash is incinerated whenever inadequate city sewage treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment facilities discharge wastes into rivers Harold C C. C Thayer Thayer- chairman of the Area Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial Problems Committee of the National Association Association Association tion of Manufacturers l said at the recent National Conference on Air Pollution that pollution control could profit by joint industry federal federal stud study The Executive branch of government has responsibilities ties set forth in the law for securing broad cooperation cooperation cooperation tion supporting research and engineering and producing a measure of leadership Industry also has responsibilities for anticipating ing ng regulations and becoming prepared to meet them cooperating with local state and Federal agencies and applying its own resources and skills to abatement and control Mr l Thayer explained Lets Let's all get to work now |
