One purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to regulate hazardous wastes. There are many types of wastes that can be dangerous to the environment. They include waste produced by hospitals, dry cleaners, auto repair shops, and exterminators. The EPA makes rules to ensure that these wastes are disposed of property. if wastes from community businesses are not disposed of in the right way, they can end up- A entering the atmosphere and causing acid rain that will käl forests around the country.

B. contaminating the sol and causing runoff to flow into bodies of water that supply humans with food

C. causing serious pollution

D. causing landfills to overflow.