WARNING: This post contains only news about John Kerry's work in the Senate... please do not construe further. Thank you.Kerry and Senators Chide EPA for Disregarding Mercury Study
25 March 2005
The Environment News section of MSNBC has a story today about Democrats speaking out about the EPA’s disregard for the recent Mercury Study.
The Environmental Protection Agency's decision to ignore researchers' analysis of possible health benefits from reducing mercury pollution from power plants was criticized Tuesday by Democrats in Congress.
"Why is the EPA suppressing the evidence that mercury pollution can be controlled better and faster?" asked Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
EPA officials said the study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis wasn't submitted until Feb. 22, more than a month after the deadline the agency set for considering new data. The agency published its new regulations on mercury pollution from power plants on March 15.
In a press release on this subject on March 22nd, John Kerry said:
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