And runoff from farms can pollute the ocean after storms and floods, with the pesticides, fertilisers and animal waste damaging the coral.
He defended asbestos companies and their insurers against health claims and represented numerous corporations sued for toxic-waste damage.
"The waste and damage were big issues, just from the setup.
At work, if an inconsiderate oaf has already contaminated what is supposed to be segregated waste, the damage is already done for those who follow.
The downstream cost must be included in all production, and waste and damage to the environment must be paid for up front.
But along with any building project of that scale come serious environmental questions prompting experts to ask how the country can best support human productivity while producing the least emissions, waste, and damage to waterways.
Opponents say none of that matters, because Mauna Kea, which they point out has already been desecrated with other telescopes and the waste and damage they have already been creating, is a sacred realm and a temple to the Hawaiian people, and is absolutely not for sale at any price.
In other essays, Fallows investigates the industrial muscle of the cement and coal industries (and those scientists trying to curb the waste and damage these industries have caused) as well as attempts to apply private philanthropy to bring some of the poverty-mired schools in China's far west into the electronic era.
This could starve the organ of oxygen and lead to a build up of toxic waste, causing damage.
Clearly, the last-minute rulemaking under the Bush administration was a giveaway to coal mining companies, leaving America's waterways exposed to the waste and damage from this dirty business.
