The agricultural animal waste should be exempt because that would keep the EPA from including animal manure as a hazardous waste. This bill has been introduced in U.S., it would exempt polluter litter and manure from the requirements of superfund law. This bill also eliminates the reporting requirements for livestock and poultry producers about manure emissions under the Superfund law. This is being done because some farms are very big and the chemical emission from these farms is very high, therefore, there is a need to control the pollution. There should be a limit on the chemical emission from the farms, so that, they do not cause environmental pollution.
1. In the past many industrial chemical wastes where dispose of according to the “best practice” of the time as defined by laws and regulations. Later it was realized that “best practice” was not very good. Should companies be held liable for public health effects in such cases?
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They are generally accepted and gives good results. Industrial waste is the material which cannot be used after manufacturing process is completed and as per best practice it was supposed to be dumped according to the regulations made for different type of waste material like toxic pollutants. Best practices were imposed on such wastes which has given good results, but sometimes best practice was not very good because industrial waste was not properly disposed and it has created unsanitary conditions which lead to pollution of the environment causing many diseases spread by insects. The companies cannot be made liable for public health effects because in such cases companies were following best practices made by government rather than a the company itself, but if the best practices are made by company itself then it will be made liable for health