White House Undermines EPA on Cancer Risks

The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger - often secret - role, congressional investigators say in a report obtained by The Associated Press.

The administration's decision to give the Defense Department and other agencies an early role in the process adds to years of delay in acting on harmful chemicals and ... Full Story »

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by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 1, 2008

Better stick to plain soap, vinegar, and baking soda for cleaning, and avoid all plastics, cosmetics, scented products, processed foods, antibacterial soaps, and pesticides, because the EPA certainly won't tell you whether any of the ingredients are safe or not because the current administration won't let them. This type of information is what great journalism is all about.

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