EPA Closes Principal EPA Chemical Library (a form of book burning)

[donsu]

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2006/10/30/epa_closes_prin.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has closed its principal library for researching the effects and properties of chemicals.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) strongly opposes the closure, saying it will undermine the ability of researchers to reveal chemical hazards in the future. There are some 1,700 new chemicals introduced each year.

“Without this research assistance, EPA scientists have fewer resources to conduct thorough analyses on hundreds of new chemicals for which companies are clamoring for agency approval to launch each year into the mainstream of American commerce,” said Jeff Ruch, director of PEER.

The EPA says the materials will still be available

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“EPA’s hasty, buzz saw slashing at its library network is now interfering with its mission of harnessing the best available science to protect human health and the environment,” said Ruch, noting that Congress has yet to approve EPA’s actions. “Given the tremendous public health risks, this is absolutely the last place EPA should be cutting.”
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the chemical barons probably had a hand in this

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. If memory serves me correctly...

this was one of Al Gore's pet projects.

Took a lot of flak from animal rights groups too, ironically.

[acmejack]

2. Just because we, the people own it

Doesn't mean we should have access to our own information. This pisses me off to no end!

[OneBlueSky]

3. knowledge is power . . . and so is subverting knowledge . . . n/t

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. A KICK&VOTE SIMPLY BASED ON VOTE TO VIEWS RATIO. TROLLS JUST HAD A BAD DAY AT DU!!!

EDITED TO ADD THE WORD "VOTE" BECAUSE IT NEEDS MORE DISCUSSION

[nicknameless]

5. So little information is available to the public anyway.

If you go to scorecard.org to look up a chemical by name or CAS number, much of the time you'll come away with little if any information.

Numerous materials produced in excess of one million pounds per year aren't tested at all. Other materials are tested, but the results are kept out of the public eye.

We're being poisoned every day, but chemical manufacturers have found it advantageous to not test their products at all rather than submit to testing and have their products labeled "hazardous".

Closing the EPA's principal chemical library is just one more predictable step for this poison- and death-loving administration.