statute for the release of hazardous substances. By law, EPA has the responsibility for determining what type of cleanup is appropriate for a contaminated site. I believe this book represents a public policy issue, which is overlooked by corporate companies due to the costly expenses it can incur to follow the laws regarding contamination issues. I believe that corporations gain a lot of power, which can grant them the opportunity to do whatever they want. The reason to that is, once a company is fully established and financially healthy than they can take shortcuts to save some money by doing something illegal. The way they can get away with that is because they can hire excellent lawyers and can also influence a lot of people. I believe that the government must have a better way to monitor such illegal actions taken by corporations. Companies should not be able to get away with such things. They should be penalized greatly for theyre damage. The latest movie that I had seen about corporate contamination was Erin Brokovich. This movie was similar to the Woburn case, the defending company was charged with a class action lawsuit by about 600 individuals, many of them who were extremely sick.These people claimed that the company PCE&G had contaminated the water in their town. The company was found guilty and was required to pay around 350 million dollars in damages.We can not let these things happen to us, we cant let these company whose industrialization contaminates the backyard our children play in or the water we drink people must be more aware of things these days and must be able to take action if they are suspicious. May these cases and tragedies be a lesson to us, and may we learn from them....
