unintended consequences
Sometimes they can be good.
Case in point: the 1970 Clean Air Act, the first comprehensive federal policy to combat air pollution.
The Act empowered the EPA to set air quality standards to protect human health and the environment.
This law has been a stunning success.
Since 1990, the emission of key air pollutants has declined by 50%…
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