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bility that the proposed Trans- Pacific Partnership, which includes one tuna-produc- ing country, Vietnam, would result in additional competi- tion to the American Samoa tuna industry if Vietnam is granted tariff-free access to the U.S. market.” According to many reports, that agree- ment is set to be rejected by president-elect Donald Trump when he assumes office. — Matt Potter (@ sdmattpotter)


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they have not been tested as far as we know.” Questions about the


safety of synthetic turf have been around for decades. In 2008, then–attorney general Jerry Brown sued the big guns in artificial turf, including Field Turf (the school district’s synthetic- turf supplier) after high levels of lead were found in their products. The suit was settled in 2010 with the requirement that they reduce lead levels. While Lundeen waits for


the Environmental Protection Agency to decide if the syn- thetic turf at her son’s school


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is safe, it might be worth ask- ing why the answer to keep- ing tires out of our land- fills has been to put them onto playgrounds. In 1974, the four-year-old


U.S. Environmental Protec- tion Agency started explor- ing tire-reuse options. At the top of the list was using them to create artificial reefs and burning them for fuel. It took until the 1990s to seri- ously kick around the idea of using recycled tires on play- grounds. It took another decade until the Environ- mental Protection Agency partnered up with rubber manufacturers and environ- mental groups to promote artificial turf. The current Environ- mental Protection Agency


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joint study is in part due to a controversial 2008 statement made by the Consumer Prod- uct Safety Commission. A public watchdog group called them out for using data sup- plied by artificial turf lobbyists to determine the safety of syn- thetic turf. They used this data to reassure the public that syn- thetic turf was safe to play on. In one internal document


dubbed the “don’t chew on it” email, a safety commission chemist tested a green tarp with lead at 3000 parts per million and said it was similar to lead levels in artificial turf. To give that reading context, the Environmental Protection Agency’s standard for lead in bare soil play areas is 400 parts per million. In May 2015, the chair


of the Consumer Product Safety Commission testified to Congress that he no longer stood behind his agency’s 2008 statement that crumb rubber was safe to play on, admitting that the statement was political in nature. Meanwhile, anecdotal


evidence mounts against rubber-pellet playing fields. In October 2014, NBC News reported on young cancer patients in the Seattle, Washington area, all of whom were youth soccer goalkeepers. Because goalies must dive to save shots during games and practice, they come into frequent contact with the


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She has been accused of


not returning unearned funds to clients, misappropriating client funds, not cooperating with Bar investigations, and other transgressions. The review department of the state Bar, acting on appeals, has charged her with “multiple acts of misconduct,” sending threatening emails to clients who filed complaints, giving testimony that “lacks credibility,” giving testimony that was “evasive, self- cont radictory, and at times sarcastic,” being “grossly negligent, even reckless,” and, generally mistreating clients and state Bar officials. Prevost says that she


commented on her blog that one of the prosecutors “com- mitted misconduct,” and “she has had it in for me.” That was a factor in this case, she says. She wrote a blog item asking why the Bar is corrupt. “They never once prosecuted one of their own prosecutors,” she says. She cannot appeal further,


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Climate cleanup report card is in Mostly missing marks on greenhouse gas reduction targets The City of San Diego’s adopted climate action plan is a great start, but there’s much more work to be done throughout the county, according to a regional report card issued December 7 by the Climate Action Campaign, a local environmental watchdog group. “In the face of a new


president who is promising to dismantle federal prog- ress on climate and clean energy, leadership from local governments is more impor- tant than ever,” said spokes- person Nicole Capretz. Of the region’s 19


municipalities, including 18 cities and the county, only 7 were included on the group’s first report card; 2 more are in the process of revamping outdated climate plans, while 4 cities and the county are in the process of developing plans. Five cities, including Coronado, El Cajon, Imperial Beach, Poway, and Santee, do not have any outlined climate strategies either in place or under development. continued on page 28


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