This paper was intended as an exploratory look into the problems
of environmental control with special attention given to its costs
and effects on business and society. Since I had no concrete bypothesis
with which to begin the paper, I chose to use exploratory
research. Pollution is current, however, and I felt that there
was a particular problem concerning pollution and how much it will
cost. After a survey of the experts in the field and their proposals,
I found some very definite trends. I found the general feeling to
be that there is a growing conflict concerning just who is going to
pay for pollu~ion control. Whoever pays for the costs, I found that
the present market structure does not properly account for the costs
of pollution control. These findings led me to the conclusion that
pollution control is more of a problem than I suspected and that it
deserves more complete analysis as to possible solutions.