What does soil pollution wage to manage the problem?

Answer 1

Every level of government has some department or agency that deals with pollution. At the federal level, the primary agency in the United States is the Environmental Protection Agency, but numerous other agencies are also involved in dealing with pollution to some extent. For example, the Department of the Interior is responsible for endangered species protection, through an agency called the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Pollution must be controlled to mitigate effects on endangered species. The Department of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service, is responsible for protecting our marine resources, which includes protection from pollution.

Every state and local government, for the most part, also has some agency responsible for dealing with pollution. All of these agencies develop regulations to help deal with pollution, ideally in a cooperative fashion. But the truth of the matter is, pollution, not unlike lots of other problems the government deals with daily, is highly politicized. Often, the best actions for the environment from a scientific standpoint are not taken due to political considerations, and sometimes the best science is ingored completely.

So the short answer to your question is, the government does a lot, but not nearly enough.