Friday, June 27, 2014

The Carnage of Pollution

The Carnage of Pollution:



EVAGGELOS VALLIANATOS



"These bills intend to continue and worsen the business-as-usual chemical poisoning and pollution of our society and the natural world.



They make it difficult even for the pro-industry US Environmental Protection Agency and the states to even try protecting our health from the toxic touch of thousands of untested and hazardous chemicals already in commerce or in the pipeline.



These bills are giant chemical industry loopholes punched through our already-tattered environmental protection.
This state of affairs also reflects raw corporate power and the triumph of falsehood."



It boggles the mind to think of so massive a "potential" loss we accept. This carnage has been making no difference to policy makers in bed with lobbyists from the agribusiness and petrochemical industries. I observed this incestuous and unethical behavior for more than twenty years. These industries even employ the White House and Congress as their lobbyists. They spread disinformation to Americans, repeating their slogan t

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