Reply to Trump EPA officials are trying to "manage" reports of contaminated water near 126 millitary bases

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Trump EPA officials are trying to "manage" reports of contaminated water near 126 millitary bases"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/14/trump-officials-worried-about-pr-nightmare-over-chemicals-pollution.html

[quote][b]Emails among U.S. government officials show the Trump administration trying to manage a potentially damaging report[/b] on a class of chemicals found to have polluted water supplies near U.S. military installations.

[b]The exchanges, sent in January, reveal officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and Office of Management and Budget worrying over a yet-to-be-released study from the Department of Health and Human Services.[/b] The draft report from HHS indicated that exposure to the chemicals in question is unsafe in far lower amounts than EPA previously determined.

[b]One OMB official warned of a "public relations nightmare" when the report is released.[/b] The [b]emails were unearthed through a Freedom of Information Act request by the Union of Concerned Scientists.[/b] Three and a half months later,[b] the report has yet to be made public.
[/b]
The chemicals, widely known as [b]PFOS and PFOA, were found in drinking water[/b] or groundwater in quantities that exceeded amounts deemed safe by EPA near 126 military facilities, the Department of Defense said in a study in May. The perflourinated compounds, present in a firefighting foam used by the military, [b]have been linked in some studies to prostate, kidney and testicular cancer, as well as to fertility problems and developmental delays in fetuses and children[/b], according to the Defense Department report.[/quote]

So EPA is trying to suppress reports of water contamination near military bases. So much love for our military! Why would a FOIA needed for this kind of report from EPA when these things should be public? [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics