Word: epa
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Harvard's Environmental Health and Safety Office collected water samples last week and sent them to New England Chromochem, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified lab, to be tested, said Peter M. Bochnak, a Harvard senior safety specialist...
While the EPA has experimented with the trading of pollution rights within metropolitan areas, the Bush plan would make the practice more widespread. At first, pollution permits could be bought and sold throughout a state, and eventually the market would be nationwide. Though Bush's current target is SO2, such a trading system could be set up for just about any kind of pollutant. Last year the Government decreed at least a 15% reduction in the production of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons. But Washington is letting the four CFC manufacturers decide how to allocate the pain; they can buy and sell...
...help him assert leadership in these areas, Bush needs a strong Secretary of the Environment. The obvious candidate is William Reilly, the EPA chief. A longtime conservationist, Reilly has been forceful in environmental causes, but he has sometimes been thwarted by White House chief of staff John Sununu and other Administration officials. Sununu, for example, has been skeptical about the threat of global warming, an issue that deeply concerns Reilly. The White House now needs to pull together on the environmental front. With broad support in Congress for an Environmental Department, advocates hope it can be created by April...
...public's fears have been fueled in part by EPA regulations that require school officials to inspect buildings for flaking asbestos every six months, notify parents if it is found and make every effort to contain or remove the material. "The law implies that they must do something about it, and that is not always right," says Mossman...
Government officials acknowledge that the scientists have a point. Says Charles Elkins, director of the EPA's office of toxic substances: "I would agree that in many cases removal is the wrong thing to do. It is a mistake for people to overreact. But it is also a mistake to say that asbestos is not a problem." In some situations, he says, simply blocking off an area or coating the damaged material with chemical sealants may do the trick. But asbestos insulation should probably be routinely removed from pipes in hallways, for example, to prevent passing children from dislodging...