The A-Z of Environment by Jeremy W. Stranks
Thorogood | November 14, 2007 | English | ISBN: 1854184202 | 514 pages | PDF | 1 MB
The environment and the problems of environmental pollution are not new. The Industrial Revolution, whilst bringing prosperity to Great Britain, could be said to be the starting point for the increasing concern over environmental pollution. Early public health legislation, such as the Public Health and Clean Air Acts, endeavoured to regulate pollution to some extent, but it wasn’t until the Environmental Protection Act 1990 that any major strides were made in controlling emissions to the environmental media: air, water and land.