Word: epa
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...frequency fields be classified as "probable human carcinogens" alongside such notorious chemical toxins as PCBs, formaldehyde and dioxin. The recommendation, which could have set off a costly chain of regulatory actions, was deleted from the final draft after review by the White House Office of Policy Development. "The EPA thing is a stunner," says Paul Brodeur, a writer for the New Yorker. "It's a clear case of suppression and politicization of a major health issue by the White House...
...Alabama Democrat tried to undercut the EPA's power to enforce the Clean Air Act, but now he touts his environmental efforts and plans an Earth Day photo op at the state's Cahaba River cleanup...
...sick. Stymied by stonewalling corporate and government bureaucrats, she summoned strengths and talents she did not know she had. Over a period of two years, Gibbs knocked on doors, passed out petitions, gave speeches, hounded public officials, picketed, sat in, got arrested and, finally, took hostage a couple of EPA agents until the FBI ordered her to release them. That got President Carter's attention and ultimately forced the Government to evacuate the neighborhood...
Part of this sense of mission is the unintended legacy of the Reagan Administration. By cutting the EPA's regulatory clout and budget, the Administration forced the states to take up the nation's environmental business. Says Talbot Page, an environmental-studies professor at Brown University: "The Reagan era created a climate in which grass-roots organizations began to think they were needed and could be effective...
According to a statement released yesterday bythe University the water was not tested until lastweek. The statement attributed the delay inconducting the tests to problems finding anEPA-certified laboratory, the necessity offollowing EPA protocols and proceduraldifficulties...