[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Outdoors bill angers some environmentalists"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Outdoors bill angers some environmentalists

By Juliet Eilperin,
Washington Post
November 25, 2012

Making life better for fish and wildlife and the people who hunt them  
lies at the heart of the Sportsmen's Act of 2012, the bill that  
covers everything from habitat conservation to transporting bows  
through national parks, which is likely to be approved by the Senate  
on Monday.

But though the bill enjoys broad, bipartisan support, some  
environmentalists are not happy with it. The bill ensures that lead  
can continue to be used in ammunition, which they say poisons some  
wildlife, and it specifically says that the Environmental Protection  
Agency cannot regulate components "used in shot, bullets and other  
projectiles," such as bullets and fishing tackle.

The wording aimed at the EPA is so broad that opponents of the bill  
say it could block the agency from regulating, for example,  
perchlorate, a component of explosives and rocket fuel that has been  
linked to thyroid problems in children and pregnant women and has  
been found in drinking water in 35 states.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/outdoors-bill- 
angers-some-environmental-groups/2012/11/25/ecddb32c-33e8-11e2-bfd5- 
e202b6d7b501_story.html

See also http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/ 
lead-11-26-2012.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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