Yeah, that happened in my back yard, and I'm glad I had nothing to do with it. Things are going to go bad on you, every now and then, that's just the nature of the beast. You just have to pick up the pieces and go on as best you can, and hope you learn something from your mistakes.

The real crime would be if we continued dumping tires on the continental shelf because it was economically attractive and because we refused to accept mounting evidence that it was a mistake.

Actually, the concept of deep ocean dumping does have some merit for some forms of waste, it is the biggest environment on the planet, and remarkably homogeneous, if we can guarantee pollution won't be transported around by currents, we can afford to have some small parts of it contaminated in order to protect other, more sensiitive habitats.

We can't go back to a pristine environment, as if there ever was one. Even Paleolithic Man had a profound effect on his world. The trick is to manage our impact on the environment based on scientific as well as economic considerations. If we're willing to show a little restraint and put out a little effort, we CAN have our cake and eat it too.