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(11-03-2017, 02:11 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Because water being polluted in Baltimore (just an example) effects like 2% of the country. The Internet being changed effects like 99% of the country. Things thay directly effect someone will always be more important than things that either don't or may not.

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/03/11/ohio-river-panel-ease-mercury-requirements/70153174/

And there are other examples of why water polluted in the northeast creates problems in other areas. Back in the 70s/80s the Ohio was so bad some towns along the path had polluted water tables even if they weren't directly using river water. My parents lived in one of those towns when they first got married. The city handed out "water purification tablets" to everyone because if you washed your clothes with city water, it would turn them brown. The tablets were mostly just bleach.

And that's just industrial concerns. Nitrates and fecal matter from house boats and homes cause health problems down river, too.

I'm for much reduced government, but unfortunately the EPA is one thing that actually needs to exist, as one or two states with lax laws can wreck industry or quality of life hundreds of miles away.