The first round in the fight for a clean environment has been largely won in the U.S., with practically all sidesbusiness, government and consumerscommitted to taking some kind of action to control pollution. The second round promises to be longer and far more tedious. It is a vast numbers game involving specific standards of cleanliness, the time limits before they become effective and, most important, the cost of attaining them. Last week, at a hearing held by Senator Edmund Muskie's air-and-water pollution subcommittee, a few answers began to emerge to the question...
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