Also known as “the Bruntland report, this report published in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development, warned that if pollution control was not intensified, human health, property, and ecosystems would be seriously treatened, and urban existence would become intolerable. “Industry and industrial operations should be encouraged that are more effiient in terms of resource use, that generate less pollution and waste, that are based on the use of renewable rather than non-renewable resources, and that minimize irreversible adverse impacts on human health and the environment”
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