bu$hco adds mercury to today's tuna salad sandwich

[bobbieinok]

every time I think it can't get worse ... it does

what else is 'under the radar?'

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=16658

from Adriana Huffington's column -

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In adults, exposure to mercury can cause infertility, high blood pressure, tremors and memory loss, which perhaps explains Jessica Simpson’s befuddling inability to remember if Chicken of the Sea had fins or feathers.

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Back in 2001, the EPA created a taskforce made up of state air quality officials, environmentalists and representatives of the utility industry to determine the best way to reduce mercury emissions. But after working diligently on the issue for close to two years, the group was unceremoniously disbanded before completing its work -- and its recommendations scuttled in favor of a plan that was, surprise, surprise, more to the liking of the White House's buddies, benefactors and cronies in the power plant industry.

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Choke on that for a minute: Big Power gets a tasty multibillion-dollar treat, while everyone else is served up a Toxic Tuna Surprise.

Of course, cooking up distorted scientific findings and dishing out political favors at the expense of the public good has become something of a blue plate special at the Bush White House.

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[yardwork]

1. Science is a whole separate area of concern

momentarily lost in the blinding spotlight of 9/11, Medicare lies, and other White House "credibility" problems.

Several scientists have resigned from the administration because of the White House's insistence on ignoring or even CHANGING data that doesn't match their ideological or political-industrial agenda.

It's the exact same pattern played out in every area of the administration. If the facts don't say what * has decided they need to say, then * forces staff to ignore or hide the facts. And threatens to fire and discredit anybody who tries to tell the truth.

[patricia92243]

2. That was right befor 9.11 and Bush became smart. People are FINALLY .....

starting to report stuff that should have been report years ago. I wonder what else is out there that has been swept under the rug.

[izzie]

3. I think Bush and Co is into some type science we have not heard about

Every thing will settle down when they prove the earth is flat