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Tell the EPA to Keep Information about Toxic Pollution Public
Target: Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencySponsored by: Union of Concerned Scientists
We think American citizens have a right to know what toxic chemicals are being released into their local communities.
But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced plans to significantly limit the information that companies are required to disclose about their release of hazardous chemicals including toxins like mercury, lead, and dioxin into our environment.
Through its plan to reduce the reporting requirements of its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program, the EPA is proposing to take away an important tool for protecting public health and our environment. In its 20 years in existence, the TRI has provided the public with critical information about chemical contaminants that pose a serious threat to our health, while simultaneously providing incentives for companies to reduce their pollution levels.
There is no justification for weakening this successful program today, other than to please large corporate polluters, who view public disclosure as a costly nuisance. That's why we must send a strong message to the Bush Administration that this is unacceptable public policy in a democracy!
The EPA is accepting public comments only until January 13, 2005. Please take a moment to oppose this misguided and dangerous proposal and be included in the public record!
But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced plans to significantly limit the information that companies are required to disclose about their release of hazardous chemicals including toxins like mercury, lead, and dioxin into our environment.
Through its plan to reduce the reporting requirements of its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program, the EPA is proposing to take away an important tool for protecting public health and our environment. In its 20 years in existence, the TRI has provided the public with critical information about chemical contaminants that pose a serious threat to our health, while simultaneously providing incentives for companies to reduce their pollution levels.
There is no justification for weakening this successful program today, other than to please large corporate polluters, who view public disclosure as a costly nuisance. That's why we must send a strong message to the Bush Administration that this is unacceptable public policy in a democracy!
The EPA is accepting public comments only until January 13, 2005. Please take a moment to oppose this misguided and dangerous proposal and be included in the public record!
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We signed the “Tell the EPA to Keep Information about Toxic Pollution Public” petition!
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One's right to throw one's fists around ends at my nose. So does one corporation's right to pollute the air I breathe. Anything less is un-American.
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please help us breathe clean air.
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Life in prison for the boards of directors of polluting corporations!
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This is not something if you put off or ignore, it will go away. We have the right to know what's going on in the present .
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There is no justification for weakening this successful program today, other than to please large corporate polluters, who view public disclosure as a costly nuisance. That's why we must send a strong message to the Bush Administration that this is unacceptable public policy in a democracy!
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It is vital that every corporation reveal what they are releasing into our air and water. The health of this generation and many future generations depends on this information.
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enough secrets. no more lies.
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Pollution has an adverse and deadly effect on all of God's creatures; human and nonhuman. It is our responsibility to protect all that may be touched by pollution.
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My offspring's young adult life has been full of bad health, including cancer. Information about PCB being mixed with dairy feed was kept from the public to protect the farmers. I'd have rather helped the farmers monitarily then than to have the money go for health costs later. Possibly we wouldn't have had to endure so much. Children are more suspect to pollution and need more protection, not less! As a child, I can only remember hearing of one cancer case. Now, I've learned of so many young people with it or allergies. The EPA is to protect us, not big business! It should be doing more, not lessening requirements! It's unChristian to make money at others' expense!
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