"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." These were the words ominously spoken by Benjamin Franklin, in 1746, in his ongoing struggle to reform water pollution. Benjamin Franklin paved the way for many of today's regulations regarding pollution, including the Clean Water Act, amended in 1987. He warned that if we did not heed caution to the depravity, neglect, and horrid disrespect we held towards the environment, that we will succumb ourselves to a recrudescence of pathologies and a desolate environment. His warning is both blunt and ominous, but it serves a very powerful purpose. No longer can we turn a blind eye to our environment, hiding behind our own refusal and laziness to improve the environment and our government's nonchalant approach. While most environmentalist are, by default, generally far-sighted when it comes to the gravity of environmental issues, it has been a scientifically proven fact that...