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Situational · Ethical Dilemma

You manage environmental compliance at a power plant. This quarter's wastewater samples show an exceedance of a discharge permit limit. Your boss says the sample was probably contaminated and wants you to resample and report only the clean result. Permit renewal discussions with the state agency begin next month. What do you do?

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First I’d verify sample integrity through documented QA — chain of custody, lab quality control, holding times, field blanks.…

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