Reply To: Cuyahoga River and Creation of EPA

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chris.stone
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Thanks to the Cuyahoga river which started the Clean Water Act and the EPA, we now have the EPA trying to regulate ditches and gullies on private land.

http://www.humanevents.com/2012/06/11/epa-power-grab-to-regulate-ditches-gullies-on-private-property/

Unfortunately I cannot argue against the formation of the EPA and the Clean Water Act, because in a free market rivers like the Cuyahoga start catching on fire.

Is there no historical evidence whatsoever to suggest that a free market does *not* cause rivers to start catching on fire?

Am I the only one who thinks this is important?