Is there no limit?
From the WaPo:
The Environmental Protection Agency ignored scientific evidence and agency protocols in order to set limits on mercury pollution that would line up with the Bush administration's free-market approaches to power plant pollution, according to a report released yesterday by the agency's inspector general.Somebody who quoted my blog accused me of having an "angry, anti-Bush tone." I can't imagine why.
Staff at the EPA were instructed by administrators to set modest limits on mercury pollution, and then had to work backward from the predetermined goal to justify the proposal, according to a report by Inspector General Nikki Tinsley.
Mercury is a toxic metal released as a byproduct by coal-burning power plants and other industries, and it is known to have a range of harmful health effects, especially on young children and pregnant women.
(via Eric Alterman)
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posted by Jane Hamsher @ 2/05/2005 08:43:00 AM
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