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...radon threat has been intensified over the past ten years by the efforts of many homeowners to save energy. Tight insulation of buildings reduces air circulation and results in the buildup of indoor pollution. Says Richard Guimond, of the EPA: "The more you try to button up a house, the higher the pollutant levels become...
Radon is not the only indoor public-health hazard that has increased because of the pursuit of energy efficiency. The EPA reported in June that eleven toxic air pollutants may pose a threat in the average home, where they are believed to be generated by common household products and building materials. Prior to the report, Democratic Senators Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and George Mitchell of Maine and Republican Senator Robert Stafford of Vermont introduced the Indoor Air Quality Research Act, which calls for further examination of the hazards of radon and other indoor air pollutants...
Nine states filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) two weeks ago, charging that its reduction requirements for mercury are grossly inadequate and will allow some of the most egregious polluters (typically older, coal-fired power plants) to avoid installing mercury controls indefinitely. I might be inclined to cut the EPA some slack if the rule-writing process didn't smell so, well, fishy. But the Government Accountability Office and the EPA inspector general have criticized the agency for ignoring scientific evidence and allowing industry lobbyists too much input...
...EPA TO DROP E, P, FROM NAME Acting Administrator Stephen Johnson said, "We're not really 'environmental' anymore, and we certainly aren't 'protecting' anything." --Fake news in the ONION...
...EPA was certainly aware of these factors, but chose not to quantify them,” Hammitt said...