When do the polluters pay health costs? Profit over people…”The public is reasonably infuriated by the EPA’s lack of action to regulate a chemical as toxic as perchlorate. On top of its contamination, the chemical causes brain damage in babies…
Lawless corporate lobbyist and head of EPA sides with chemical industry to protect profits over health. ..“It’s mind-boggling to see the EPA blatantly ignore a court ruling, especially one that provides such important protections for farmers and the environment,” Stephanie…
When corporate lobbyists run US agencies: dicamba being used as weeds have become glyphosate resistant. “A review of the record shows that the EPA substantially understated the risks that it acknowledged,” wrote US Circuit Judge William Fletcher. “The review also…
Disaster Capitalism on steroids’: “Step one: Remove the Inspectors General who keep an eye on wrongdoing at our federal agencies. Step two: Tell the agencies that it’s open season on measures that keep workers, consumers, and the environment safe,” Rep….
Living in a corporatocracy: protection of profits more important than children’s lives. “EPA’s cynical decision to defy a court order and the law, and to ignore the science that, as the American Academy of Pediatrics has said, dictates a strong…
“Putting the potential mortality from these two actions together gets us up to 90,000 deaths. That’s for only two EPA actions. The total for all of the Trump EPA’s rollbacks would be higher. No doubt there could be disagreement about…
