It's not my responsibility/fault

It's not my responsibility/fault

Cry Wolf Quotes

We are disappointed that they have chosen to continue to insist there is peril in fruits and vegetables. The risks are remote and hypothetical.

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John McClung, vice president for issues of United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association. The New York Times.
02/19/1999 | Full Details | Law(s): Food Quality Protection Act

As a matter of fact, acid mine drainage acts as a germicide and renders harmless great quantities of sewage pollution now flowing into the streams of the Nation. Any attempt to compel the treatment of mine drainage at the source is an economic waste, as it robs the people of the benefit of the purifying action of the streams, and the streams are necessary to carry off our liquid wastes, as they can be handled in no other way.

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Andrew B. Crichton, President, Johnstown Coal & Coke, Co., Johnstown, PA., and Director of and Representing National Coal Association, Testimony, Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Works.
04/22/1947 | Full Details | Law(s): Water Pollution Control Act of 1948

There is no evidence that lead in the atmosphere, from autos or any other source, poses a health hazard.

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John L. Kimberley, executive director of the Lead Industries Association, Testimony, New York City Council’s Committee on Environmental Protection. The New York Times.
09/25/1970 | Full Details | Law(s): Phase Out of Leaded Gasoline

It has been noted over and over again that in the vast majority of occupational accidents, human failure is wholly or partly responsible....

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Leo Teplow, vice-president and lead lobbyist for American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), testimony, Senate Subcommittee hearings on Labor and Public Welfare.
06/19/1968 | Full Details | Law(s): Occupational Safety and Health Act
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