1. What attitudes and values on the part of business and others lead to the creation of areas like the "valley of death"?

2. Some say "Pollution is the price of progress," is this assertion correct? What is meant by "progress?" Who in fact pays the price?

3. Explain the moral and the economic issues raised by the assertion in question # 2 above. What are the connections between economic progress and development, on the one hand, and pollution controls and environmental protection on the other?

4. Do human beings have a moral right to a livable environment? To a nonpolluted environment? It might be argued that if people in the "valley of death" don't complain and don't wish to move, then they accept the risks of living there and the polluters are not violating their rights. Assess this argument.