Similarities between bashing of the EPA and the FDA

Below is a link to a story that I think relates to our class. The EPA was passed during the 70s with a great deal of support from the Executive branch and Congress. However, the author highlights the fact that people forget the reasons why certain laws come into effect; that they were meant to protect against a recognized harm at one point. The success of the EPA has made people forget what certain parts of the country looked like prior to the EPA's creation (this wasn't mentioned in the article but I remember reading once that at one point, Lake Erie was so polluted it caught fire!). The same goes for food safety; deregulation only brings with it poorer quality and shady practices.   

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/21/11325781-in-72-epa-battled-pollution-now-its-politics?lite