The EPA exists to allow companies to pollute and skim some tax dollars in the process. In the time before zoning laws and complex regulation, if a company dump

The EPA exists to allow companies to pollute and skim some tax dollars in the process. In the time before zoning laws and complex regulation, if a company dumped something toxic, the legal frameworks were in place to sue them for the harm they had done. Now they're allowed to pollute a set amount via a regulators ok.