Transcription: What you don't know won't hurt you. Each year, over 5 billion pounds of toxic chemicals are released into the air in the United States. These emissions cause over 2,000 cancer deaths a year. No news is good news. Our nation is littered with over 300,000 hazardous waste sites, which leak poisons into the water supplies of 120 million Americans. Ignorance is bad. Three out of five Americans live in an area where the air is contaminated beyond federal health standards. Chances are the air, the water, or the land where you live is endangering the health of you and your family. In 1986, a law was p ...