1.   Underpriced energy, economists say, only worsened the problem, as economically inefficient factories spewed enormous amounts of untreated exhausts and chemical wastes into the atmosphere.

2.   All across the country, new factories are spewing pollutants into the air and water.

3.   Environmentalists allege that the proposed factory would spew tons of pollutants into the air and water, damaging cashew, pepper, coconut and mango plantations and killing fish.

4.   Environmentalists say the proposed factory would spew tons of pollutants into the air and water, damaging cashew, pepper, coconut and mango plantations and killing fish.