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[quote=Anonymous][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.
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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]

"developmental delays in fetuses and children" -- you'd think the party devoted to outlawing abortion would care about preventing harm to fetuses.  Obviously not if it means regulating manufacturers. $$ Trumps everything.

Truly disgusting.  Expect more such reports to be squelched during Trump's reign.  He and his cronies don't care about human beings. They care about business profits.  That's the only thing.[/quote]

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