The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cuyahoga River">Cuyahoga River</a> catches fire in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Water_Act" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Clean Water Act">Clean Water Act</a> and the creation of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Protection_Agency" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a>.<sup about="#mwt99" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_22#cite_note-17" id="mwARY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARc">[17]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"><cite about="#mwt96" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFBoissoneault2019">Boissoneault, Lorraine (June 19, 2019). <a class="external text" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/" id="mwB0E" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Cuyahoga River Caught Fire at Least a Dozen Times, but No One Cared Until 1969"</a>. <i id="mwB0I">Smithsonian Magazine</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB0M">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB0Q">June 22,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt96" class="Z3988" id="mwB0U" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Smithsonian+Magazine&amp;rft.atitle=The+Cuyahoga+River+Caught+Fire+at+Least+a+Dozen+Times%2C+but+No+One+Cared+Until+1969&amp;rft.date=2019-06-19&amp;rft.aulast=Boissoneault&amp;rft.aufirst=Lorraine&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fhistory%2Fcuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+22"></span></span>