The epa tries to balance protecting business interests with protecting

a. food
b. air
c. consumer products
d. medical devices

The correct answer is B.

The Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) is an independent agency of the US Goverment which began operating during Nixon's presidency, in 1970.  Its aim is to propose measures which aim to preserve the environment, and to enforce (using sanctions and fines) and monitor the accomplishment of regulations approved by the Congress on this line.  

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

option a

explanation:

to cleberate the end of their war