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And provided the spark that caused the Clean Water Act to pass. Impossible to imagine something similar today.

Unless you live in Flint. Then nothing is impossible to imagine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis

Sorry that was ambiguously worded. My point was that nothing like the CWA was even floated afterwards, since everyone knows the politics of today wouldn't allow it.

Maybe in the US, but I've seen some horribly dirty waterways in other countries.

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