What effects did businesses have in the past on the enviroment ?

Question

Well as we all know businesses affect the enviorment , after trying to search it on google i didnt get much info so im turning to yahoo once again knowing that i am sure that i will get an answer :) . I would like to know what the first businesses had on the enviroment and through out the years what laws where set to prevent this and so on..

Any thing to do with effect of businesses and enviroment and how it is could or has been countered

Answer 1

Look at the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act.