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Friday, November 14, 2008
Environment - "U.S. undercuts clean-air rule"
A story today in the Chicago Tribune, written by Michael Hawthorne, begins:
Looking to bolster the fight against childhood lead poisoning, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last month approved a tough new rule aimed at clearing the nation's air of the toxic metal.A key part of the initiative is a new network of monitors that will track lead emissions from factories. But the Bush administration quietly weakened that provision at the last minute by exempting dozens of polluters from scrutiny, federal documents show.
Critics say the change undermines a rule that otherwise has been widely hailed as a powerful step forward in protecting children's health.
In Illinois, at least a dozen factories that would have been monitored could now fall through the cracks, the state EPA estimates, including a steelmaking-waste recycler on Chicago's Southeast Side and a lead-acid battery manufacturer in Naperville.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 14, 2008 01:22 PM
Posted to Environment