Tag: epa
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epa won’t remove rocket fuel from water
agency says health risks are low, critics say epa is protecting the pentagon from liability from cbs/ap: The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there is no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the United States. EPA reached the conclusion in a draft regulatory…
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vaccine death, cel tumor, food price & value of life
pharm giant kills 12 argentine babies in vaccine ‘trials’from trading markets: At least 12 babies who were part of a clinical study to test the effectiveness of a vaccine against pneumonia have died over the past year in Argentina, the local press reported Thursday. The study was sponsored by global drug giant GlaxoSmithKline and uses…
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EPA: Drink Refreshing, Delicious Rocket Fuel
from danger room: An Environmental Protection Agency official said Tuesday there’s a ‘”distinct possibility’ the agency won’t take action to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has contaminated public water supplies around the country.” Perchlorate, widely used by the military, “has been found in at least 395 sites in 35 states,”…
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Court: Whitman Not Liable For Lies About 9/11 Toxic Dust
from reuters: The former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot be held liable for assurances she gave about air safety following the September 11 attacks in New York, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Christine Todd Whitman led the agency at the time of the attacks and was sued by people who…
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weird science: nanotech, implanon, bisphenol & rofecoxib
scientists scared of nanotech in common productsfrom azonano: Valued for it’s antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages to washing machines. But as silver’s benefits propel it to the forefront of consumer nanomaterials, scientists are recommending a closer examination of the unforeseen…
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ap probe finds drugs in drinking water
from ap: A vast array of pharmaceuticals – including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones – have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion,…
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fema cancer, aspartame, fluoride, vaccines & coal
fema covered up cancer risks to katrina victimsfrom salon: Last summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was publicly shamed when lawmakers revealed the agency, to avoid lawsuits, put off testing trailers used to house Hurricane Katrina victims for formaldehyde, a toxic chemical. Now, documents obtained by Salon show that FEMA also pressured scientists to water…
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Whitman On Hot Seat Over 9/11 Aftermath
from ap/my way: Ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman denounced as “downright falsehoods” the criticism of her assurances that it was safe to breathe the air around the fallen World Trade Center. “There are people to blame. They are the terrorists that attacked the United States, not the men and women of all levels of government,” Whitman…
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whitman: giuliani more image than safety
from wnbc: Former Secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman said Thursday that the Giuliani administration appeared to be more concerned with its image than the safety and speedy response of EPA employees in the wake of the 2001 anthrax scare. Her comments came in an interview with WNBC.com’s Brian Thompson at her…
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resignations & refusals
update: wolfowitz to resign from world bank on june 30thfrom raw story: The Executive Directors of the World Bank today released a statement announcing that embattled World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz would resign at the end of the fiscal year, June 30th. According the the statement, the decision to resign was made by Wolfowitz… from…
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9/11 first responders on ‘the view’
thanks to loud studios & democratic underground for posting up this important segment from ‘the view’… go rosie!
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epa unaccountable for lies about 9/11 air
from newsday: An appeals court ruling could spell trouble for New Yorkers suing the Environmental Protection Agency and its former chief for saying that sooty lower Manhattan air was safe to breathe after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared that then-EPA Administrator Christine…
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more allegations from EPA whistleblower
from raw story: An Environmental Protection Agency whistleblower who has long argued that her agency failed to issue proper warnings about air quality at the World Trade Center disaster site, has leveled new accusations against the agency… As Raw Story reported this past August, Cate Jenkins, an EPA biochemist, sent a letter to the New…