This article rocks!
Thanks so much for including it as it is so revealing of why we even have this
stuff around.
As we all also know, the fertilizer industry is also a foe of perchlorate standards,
adding an additional layer to our frustration.
Thanks again,
-Sheila Baker
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1. PERCHLORATE: Former Senator lobbies (Lenny Siegel)
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Rocket (Fuel) Man
By David Corn
Mother Jones
February 13, 2009
A decade ago, Nevada's congressional delegation won a grant from the
Environmental Protection Agency to fund drinking-water improvements in
rural areas of the state. The aim was to ensure the water supply in
these locales was free of dangerous levels of various chemicals,
including the rocket-fuel additive perchlorate, a potential health
hazard. The amount of money was modest - $12.5 million - but that didn't
stop the state's federal legislators from crowing about their
accomplishment. Richard Bryan, one of Nevada's two Democratic senators
at the time, proudly declared that Nevadans had a right "to safe, clean
drinking water."
Ten years later, Bryan was a lobbyist for manufacturers of perchlorate.
How this happened is yet another tale of Washington's ever-spinning
revolving door, which can turn politicians who pushed environmental
initiatives into influence-peddlers for polluters. And in the new
Washington governed by President Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress,
K Streeters with Democratic credentials are poised to exploit their
party ties more than ever. As they work their connections on Capitol
Hill and at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, these administration-friendly
lobbyists will pose a challenge to the new president, who vowed to
change the pay-to-play ways of the nation's capital.
...
For the entire article, see
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/02/rocket-fuel-man?page=1
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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