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The GOP and its Governors are bad news. Pushing more and more debt on later generations.
In this case, to save money, the Governor of MI and his cronies pushed learning disabilities and stunted growth on the children and their children! Health Impacts of Lead Poisoning
Can't put a price on the damage caused by the recklessness and ignorance of these "leaders"!
The EPA would help to enforce clean drinking water at state and local levels so that we don't have another crisis such as in MI due to sheer ignorance of those who have power (emergency managers appointed by governor). But the GOP passed a bill taking away authority of the EPA to assist with this.
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in May 2015 when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final version of the Clean Water Rule, “the agency cheered the broad reach of the rule, arguing that it would protect the drinking water of some 117 million Americans, or roughly a third of the population.”
But then along came Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), who promptly introduced a resolution to kill the EPA’s Clean Water Rule that was passed in November.
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the safety of drinking water and stream health are threatened because of weak state and local regulation and a lack of enforcement. The rule is meant to make it clearer which waterways the EPA and the Corps of Engineers can oversee under the 43-year-old Clean Water Act, which covers “navigable waters” such as the Mississippi River and Lake Erie, but is vague on how far upstream protections must go to keep those water bodies clean.
Since you obviously have expressed frustration the the EPA could not help prevent this, write your congress person about your dissatisfaction with their killing of the "Clean Water Rule!"
We helped replace miles of it in Midland county......Michigan.
No solder.........it is "Sure Lock".
"We know enough about the health effects of PVC and dioxin exposure to act now. The
federal Center for Disease Control found children have the highest levels of DEHP in their
bodies, which is a known developmental and reproductive toxin. [CDC] Dioxin causes a wide
array of health problems in both animals and humans, and is a known human carcinogen.
According to EPA, the levels of dioxin-like compounds found in the general population may
cause a lifetime cancer risk as high as one in every 1,000 people, which is 1,000 times higher
than EPA’s generally “acceptable” risk level of one in a million people. Dioxin also can
compromise the reproductive, developmental, immune, and endocrine systems in both animals
and humans. In children, dioxin exposure has been associated with IQ deficits, delays in
psychomotor and neurodevelopment, and altered behavior including hyperactivity. [NTP &
IARC] (See Dioxin Brochure.)"
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