The EPA Has Estimated That It Would Cost $60 Billion

Multiple Choice

The EPA has estimated that it would cost $60 billion to remove 85 to 90 percent of water pollutants from industrial and municipal sources,but a zero discharge of pollutants would cost about $320 billion.This suggests that

A) pollution control costs increase at an increasing rate as the level of pollution desired is lowered.
B) the costs of pollution remain the same as the environment becomes more polluted.
C) achieving a zero level of pollution is not very costly compared with the benefits of clean water.
D) the costs of pollution to society rise as the levels of pollution decline.
E) society is better off if it makes only minimal efforts to control the level of pollution.