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nopropulsion t1_jdj9hwo wrote

As I mentioned above, my job is to design treatment systems to maintain compliance. So yes it does happen.

Something I didn't mention is that if you meet the requirements for significant noncompliance, the regulator/municipality is then required to provide public notice of the noncompliance. So they call out the company in the local newspaper.

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Chaseus_Clay t1_jdj8mn0 wrote

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Chaseus_Clay t1_jdj7pmv wrote

And to think only a few Americans had to die to keep y'all safe from the Japanese! For real, it's frustrating as a working class American knowing how much of my earnings go to protecting the rest of the world. People overseas have no idea

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notsurewhattosay-- t1_jdj6exx wrote

Keep dreaming!! Bernie Sanders has been trying for so long. The majority of Congress does not care about us. They have amazing health insurance and a fine pension and...can do insider trading without worrying about prison.

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dream_the_endless t1_jdj5iwp wrote

80% may not be an improvement over what currently exists in developed nations with strict pollution controls, but could be a vast improvement over places that are currently not doing anything.

I’d would be surprised if developed nations allowed as much as 20% of all pollutants from toxic dyes pass through untreated.

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notsurewhattosay-- t1_jdj58s1 wrote

I'm American. My now x husband contracted cholera somehow. Racked up 45,000$ in hospital bills. But fortunately this hospital had a program for poor folks like us. The entire bill was covered by them. But there are plenty of horror stories about hospital bills that don't have a happy ending. I really wish American politics wasn't so cruel to the average person. Time again average people vote in these politicians who trick them and vote against their(average American) interests. Let's also give a shout out to the lobbyists who work so hard paying off and smoozing with our Congress to keep the status quo. Our own cancer institute has a website that promotes eating cold cuts!. We allow tons of polluting chemicals in our drinking water. But currently we are too busy fighting against those drag queens!! It's like living in a crazy nightmare here.

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PsychologicalLuck343 t1_jdj0ult wrote

I'm so sorry. But I believe you so hard.

My mother's terrible doctor gave her a clean bill of health after she lost 40 pounds in a year and felt horrible for 2 years. She died 2 days after that appointment with undetected heart disease.

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