14 DAY TRIAL // In the aftermath of the chemical spill that occurred in West Virginia back in January, the Sierra Club had Hart Research Associates conduct a poll.
The goal was to determine what people living in this state in the US think should be done to keep such incidents from happening again in the future.
According to Huffington Post, a large majority of the people who were questioned as part of this poll referred to the chemical spill as no more and no less than a wakeup call.
Consequently, they argued that, all things considered, it might not be such a bad idea if stricter regulations concerning environmental protection were to be rolled out and implemented across West Virginia.
What's more, some 70% of the folks that Hart Research Associates interviewed admitted that they feared that, but for new rules and regulations, another incident of this kind would surely occur in the not so distant future.
99% of the people in West Virginia were found to be in favor of regular inspections at facilities whose working agenda could translate into environmental pollution, and 87% said that they fully supported stricter water-quality standards.
Lastly, 67% said that they would like the country's Environmental Protection Agency to step in and make sure that the proposed new set of rules and regulations concerning environmental pollution was not ignored by companies and business.
“What we found was this was a pretty big shock to the system for West Virginians,” Jay Campbell, senior vice president of Hart Research, commented on the findings of this poll.