Part one of term paper
Predicting the fate of the Earth has long been a gloomy business, a profession where bad things only seem to get worse over time. From books like "The Population Bomb" to "The End of Nature," ecological pundits of the past 40 years have forecast a dark future of pollution, extinction and growing health problems. But, as the 20th century com ...

Part two of term paper
... risk in most American cities, and in some areas it's getting worse. Many of the industrial sources that create the bulk of ozone-forming pollution are in violation of the law. Or consider water. In early September over 1,000 people drank contaminated water at a county fair in upstate New York. Two died and 65 others were hospitalized. If you think this couldn't happen to you, think again. A recent federal audit found that nearly 90 percent of all violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act go unrepor ...