​Gil Begins to Operate a Hog Farm Next to Ilene's

question 18

Multiple Choice

​Gil begins to operate a hog farm next to Ilene's vineyard. She files a suit, alleging that the farm is a source of pollution, a nuisance, and unreasonably interferes with the enjoyment of her property. The court is most likely to award damages

• A) ​if letting the pollution continue is equally as harmful as stopping it.
• B) ​if letting the pollution continue is less harmful than stopping it.
• C) ​if letting the pollution continue is more harmful than stopping it.
• D) ​under no circumstances.

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Definitions:

Nutrients

Substances that provide nourishment essential for the growth and maintenance of life, including proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals.

Erosion

The process by which natural forces remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location and transport it to another.

Phytoremediation

The use of plants to remove, detoxify, or immobilize environmental contaminants in soil or water through natural processes.

Translocation

In genetics, structural rearrangement in which a broken piece of chromosome has become reattached in the wrong location. In plants, movement of organic compounds through phloem.