RALPH STONE AND CO.
GOVERNMENT LEADERS, INDUSTRIALISTS, AND CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERING TECHNICAL AND NATIONAL BACKGROUNDS ARE OFTEN CALLED ON TO FORMULATE POLICY GOVERNING THE CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS.
1970

Abstract
THIS REPORT FACILITATES THAT TASK. IT FOCUSES ON THE GROWING PRICE OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND THE WAY SOCIETY PAYS -- EITHER BY PAYING TO PREVENT POLLUTION, OR PAYING ITS PRICE IN CONTAMINATED FIELDS AND WATERS, CORROSION, AND INCREASED HUMAN SUFFERING -- AND ON STRATEGIES GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY CAN USE TO CONTROL POLLUTING DISCHARGES (THESE STRATEGIES ARE WELL DOCUMENTED WITH TABLES). ALSO DESCRIBED ARE THE RESPECTIVE COST-BENEFITS OF INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM TO POLLUTE, AND MANDATORY POLLUTION CONTROL. INFORMATION SOURCES AND A COMPLETE GLOSSARY ARE INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARY.
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