A layer of smog over upstate New York at sunset on October 21, 2000 (Photo courtesy of the Earth Science and Image Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center)
Researchers have identified the top corporate
air polluters in the country. Mark Brush reports:
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Researchers have identified the top corporate
air polluters in the country. Mark Brush reports:
The Environmental Protection Agency identifies what factories around the country are
polluting. But sometimes it’s hard to know who owns those factories.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts sorted that out. They name the
companies on their Toxic 100 list. Turns out – a lot of the companies that make the most
money, are often making the most pollution.
DuPont, Nissan Motor, Archer Daniels Midland, the Bayer Group, and Dow Chemical
top the list.
Michael Ash is the co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute. He says
everyone has the right to know who is polluting their air.
“So in terms of the citizen seeing this report, I hope that she or he could use this as a tool
for thinking about exposure in her own community and to limit that exposure.”
But to limit your exposure – Ash says you first have to know what company is
responsible.
For the Environment Report, I’m Mark Brush.