Pollution Prevention

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7 pages in length. Damage control - rather than prevention - has historically been the approach to addressing environmental impact caused by human activity. Despite knowing well before the crisis point what potential problems are inherent to, for example, automobile emissions, the powers that be and their equally powerful lobbyists successfully blocked any and all attempts to rectify the damage already done. Now with that crisis point looming, it has become politically correct for environmental issues to be at the forefront of contemporary issues in an ever-urgent quest to stave off -- not necessarily undo -- what may be the single-most detrimental impact of man's self-serving perspective. As such, the best approach is one that reduces waste, minimizes toxic exposure for workers, optimizes materials, improves product local and global competitiveness as well as enhances an organization's image of social responsibility - all within a cost-effective manner. Bibliography lists 6 sources.