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The EPA, under pressure from the chemical industry, fired an award-winning scientist who warned that we should ban a toxic chemical. "Deca" is used as a flame retardant in many manufactured products. Toxicologist Deborah Rice testified before the Maine Legislature in support of a state ban on the compound because scientific evidence shows it is toxic and accumulating in the environment and people.

These are the people who watch out for us, who SHOULD protect us from cancer-causing chemicals. Are they doing the right thing?

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7 responses // EPA fires scientist who warned of chemical's dangers

  • It's a misnomer, depending on the administration, sadly.
    Tori
  • I say we fire the EPA - and replace them with people with integrity - How about it Obama!?
    VoyagerFilms
  • They allow all sorts of toxic chemicals in everything. Could it be that chemical companies have way too much influence? Another call for public financing of elections.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • i cant believe an organization that was created by the environmental movement in the 70s. that was created to be an organization that had no economic interests, and that came partly as a result of the backlash of chemical companies to the book silent spring.. is now becoming "affiliated" with the motivations that made people mistrust the gov. and the companies in the first place. they are not putting our health and the environment first.
    melelle
  • My girlfriend has been coughing for weeks. Doctors cant figure out what it is.

    It could be this for all we know.
    stephenthomson
  • If the EPA is under the direction of the Administration then I gues Bush is fullfilling your wish...he's firing the EPA. One scientist at a time...recall the resignations of Whittman and Rielly? You know, former heads the head of the EPA? Censorship of findings, resignations, sidestepping, denials and recanting stated policy have been the hallmarks of the the administration with regard to environmental policy. I'm not so sure the dems did a better job under Clinton, but it is clear we need viable policies for dealing with increasing pollution in a time of increasing demand for energy and commodities.
    jimmyp
  • The thing that sticks in my mind is when I was a kid (a long time ago) babies didn't die from SIDS. We decided to protect them from fire by treating their things. Now SIDS is common. I never saw an autistic child until sometime in the seventies. Now they are quite common. But it has nothing to do with mercury preservative. The carpeting in my new house almost killed me before we figured it out and removed it. We don't need anyone to watch over what the corporations are doing to us and the environment.
    Marilynn_Murray

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