From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:34:59 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Dourson was considered for DOD risk study |
Pentagon recruits rejected scientist for large air [sic] pollution struggle by Denis Bedoya Infosurhoy January 13, 2019 Michael Dourson has a reputation for minimizing the risks of toxic chemicals. Critics say DoD is turning to him to dodge contamination responsibility. The Defense Department has sought to hire a controversial scientist who was blocked from joining the Trump administration as the Pentagon fights state and federal chemical regulations that could lead to billions of dollars in cleanup costs and legal settlements, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. The scientist, Michael Dourson, withdrew from consideration to be an assistant administrator at the EPA in December 2017 following bipartisan opposition to his past research that downplayed the risks of a chemical found in consumer products like Teflon and firefighting foam used by the military. … For the entire article, see http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/news/pentagon-recruits-rejected-scientist-for-large-air-pollution-struggle/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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