At what point did someone decide that it was OK to dump chemicals into our water supply? I'm not talking about some random yahoo who dumps the rest of his beer in a lake. I mean, at what point did a company or corporation or business decide that it would be fine to use local water supply sources as their industrial trash can?
Someone had to start it. After reading some on the history of waste, it's easy to see this has been a problem for ages. "Where do we put our trash?" is not a relatively new question.
But, here's my question. Who could possibly think the answer to that question would safely be "Oh, in the water I need to drink. It'll be fine there!" ?
