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EPA: A Muzzled Watchdog E.G. Vallianatos Seeks to Put Bite Back into the Agency by Randy Kambic


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Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA, co-authored with environ- mental journalist McKay Jenkins, chronicles what he attests are numerous cases of lack of enforcement, corruption and misuse of science and public trust that have transformed it into a “polluter’s protection agency.” He espe- cially documents the dangers of chemi- cals that enter our air, soil and water every day that are either approved—or sometimes ignored—by the agency. He’s the author of four previous


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books, including Harvest of Devastation and This Land is Their Land: How Corporate Farms Threaten the World, and blogs for The Huffington Post. Vallianatos, who transi- tioned from championing integrity from inside the EPA in 2004, recommends ways to change how the agency operates. Key needs include improved


site selection for garbage dumps, oil re- fineries and manufacturers; and strong support for organic, sustainable and small-scale farming.


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in 1983, yet continues to outsource much of its responsibilities. Despite this and other illegal and criminal activities, the government still allows the chemi- cal industry to test its own chemicals. It casts tremendous doubt on the reliabil- ity and credibility of the process. It’s the Achilles heel of the regulatory system. Science has been the greatest victim of this manipulation. Industry should be forbidden to test its own products and we need to establish truly independent laboratories.


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