On Environmental Pollution

In the picture,a man is fined by an officer for peeing into a river. Behind them, a manufacturing plant is pouring black waste water into the river and discharging dark waste water into the river and discharging dark smoke into the air. Under the picture the caption reads:"Wen 'small' pollution meets 'big' pollution". This picture,in its creative and ironic way,raises readers' attention towards the severity of environmental pollution,to which irresponsible factories contribute.

The government should enhance law enforcement to tackle this problem. As is known to us,the Environmental Protection Law is actually there,but it is not effectively enforced. Officials and special task forces must strengthen inspection of and supervision over law enforcement. They should inspect manufacturing plants at regular or irregular times,in order to send a zero-tolerance message to those factories on illegal discharge of waste water and smoke. Moreover,any factory which discharges untreated waste water or smoke should be penalized immediately to deter potential offenders.

As the English proverb goes,"When the cat is away,mice will play". When environment pollution is involved,the government should always be there and discipline the "mice"-no matter they are individuals or enterprises.