tailieunhanh - Lecture Business law: The ethical, global, and e-commerce environment (13/e): Chapter 52 - Mallor, Barnes, Bowers, Langvardt

Chapter 52 provides knowledge of environmental regulation. After reading the material in this chapter, you should be able to: Explain when an environmental impact statement must be prepared and the information it must include; discuss major provisions of the: clean air act, clean water act, and hazardous waste laws; describe the impact global climate change may have on business. | Regulation of Business Administrative Agencies The Federal Trade Commission Act and Consumer Protection Laws Antitrust: The Sherman Act 11 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Business Law, 13/e © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Regulation of Business The Clayton Act, The Robinson-Patman Act, and Antitrust Exemptions and Immunities Employment Law Environmental Regulation 11 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Business Law, 13/e © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Environmental Regulation P A E T R H C 52 "Every human has a fundamental right to an environment of quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being." United Nations Conference on the Human Environment Learning Objectives The development of environmental regulation Air pollution regulation Water pollution regulation Waste disposal regulation 52 - Definition of Pollution Pollution is any substance in the environment that endangers human welfare Toxic substances in pollutants linked to: 52 - . | Regulation of Business Administrative Agencies The Federal Trade Commission Act and Consumer Protection Laws Antitrust: The Sherman Act 11 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Business Law, 13/e © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Regulation of Business The Clayton Act, The Robinson-Patman Act, and Antitrust Exemptions and Immunities Employment Law Environmental Regulation 11 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Business Law, 13/e © 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Environmental Regulation P A E T R H C 52 "Every human has a fundamental right to an environment of quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being." United Nations Conference on the Human Environment Learning Objectives The development of environmental regulation Air pollution regulation Water pollution regulation Waste disposal regulation 52 - Definition of Pollution Pollution is any substance in the environment that endangers human welfare Toxic substances in pollutants linked to: 52 - Carcinogenesis Mutagenesis Teratogenesis Behavior disorders Bald eagle faced extinction due to mutagenic effect of DDT The limitation within the definition of pollution that focuses on human welfare reflects the enforcement limitations placed on EPA with most of the environmental laws. The photo of the bald eagle is a reference to the mutagenic properties of toxins, specifically DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane). Rachel Carson’s seminal book, Silent Spring (see ), warned that we would have a silent spring when no birds were left because of the harmful effects of DDT. Specifically, DDT was used to kill insects and birds ate the toxin-covered insects. Ingesting the DDT caused the eggshells of birds to thin, so that a bird sitting on the egg would crack it and destroy the egg; no surviving eggs, no birds. The mutagenic property was particularly noticeable in the bald eagle and other raptors because of “toxic loading” in which fish ate many .