the EPA is not our friend anymore (a lead lie)

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http://www.democrats.com/

Bush EPA Helped Utilities Across Nation Hide Dangerous Lead Levels in Drinking Water
Newsday: "Dozens of the nation's largest drinking water utilities have tried to hide lead contamination and failed to correct problems, it was reported Tuesday. An examination of 65 of the 3,000 largest utilities found cities such as Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Providence, R.I., and Portland, Ore., are 'manipulating the results of tests used to detect lead in water, violating federal law and putting millions of Americans at risk,' The Washington Post said. State and federal regulators helped utilities avoid expensive ways of reducing lead in drinking water, the paper said. Problems with lead in drinking water surfaced in 2002 for thousands of residents in Washington, D.C., but only gained widespread attention this year." This means that for NEARLY TWO YEARS, Millions, collectively, have been consuming lead-laced water, while the Bush EPA looked the other way.


http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-epa-drinking-water,0,4547815.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

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An examination of 65 of the 3,000 largest utilities found cities such as Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Providence, R.I., and Portland, Ore., are "manipulating the results of tests used to detect lead in water, violating federal law and putting millions of Americans at risk," The Washington Post said.

State and federal regulators helped utilities avoid expensive ways of reducing lead in drinking water, the paper said.

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The Post said its analysis of EPA data identified 274 water systems, serving 11.5 million people, that had reported unsafe lead levels since 2000.
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1. EPA is our friend - Mike Leavitt is not

"Governor Leavitt's appointment to head the EPA puts an anti-environmental politician in charge of regulating industries that pollute the nation's air and water," said Earthjustice Denver attorney Jim Angell. "We know from his history on environmental issues in Utah that his preferred method is to exclude the broader public from the process when he wants to make decisions that could harm the environment."

http://environment.about.com/cs/politics/a/leavittnom.htm