"We
ended up having to take out a few lines we wanted to say - which
actually seem mild in comparison to some of the newspaper accounts
of waste dumping and other chemical pollution going on today. We
had to change names of some chemicals when we found out that
certain ones were directly associated with specific companies.
"You know," she adds, "at least people know where nuclear waste
has been dumped. But chemical wastes have been dumped
indiscriminately for the last 25 years. The dumping has only
recently become regulated and, even so, the maximum penalties for
failing to follow the regulations aren't what you'd call stiff." |