Unfortunately many people aren't capable of taking care of problems like these
on their own, and if these problems were left to the individuals who are being
affected by these sites, little to nothing would ever change (considering the
few people in this world who actually have the motivation to make a change).
These toxic sites were, and are still being made by companies' harmful
chemical wastes, and while many of these companies are long gone, new
companies are still producing. And we shouldn't have to deal with their
messes, or foot the bill for the cleanup of them. That's why NYPIRG is
working on passing a bill to have the companies pay a front end fee on their
toxic raw materials that would replenish the superfund with their money, not
ours. And right, you shouldn't have to pay for our problems, and we shouldn't
have to deal with yours, that is also why their are separate state PIRGs,
specific ones to deal with specific local problems. So you out in Marion
County do not have to deal with our problems here in NY.
