Why did federal laws limiting pollution of rivers and streams not prevent the pollution and the fires on the Cuyahoga River from 1868 to 1969?

A) There were no federal regulations of water pollution at that time.
B) This pollution went undetected by agents overwhelmed by the amount of work.
C) The federal laws preventing water pollution did not apply to the state where this occurred.
D) These industries that polluted the water had been repeatedly fined for polluting and continued to ignore the laws.


A

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