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God forbid we should want the EPA to look out for the health of the public................
SENATOR CHALLENGES EPA ON MILITARY JET FUEL
Arousing further concern about the influence of the Department
of Defense (DOD) over the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James
Inhofe (R-OK) has written a letter to the EPA urging the agency
to reconsider its classification of the chemical naphthalene as
a "likely" carcinogen. Naphthalene constitutes one to three
percent of military jet fuel and has contaminated military bases
nationwide.
Industry and military sources say that classifying naphthalene
as a potential carcinogen would generate costly safety, health
and cleanup standards, as well as increasing their liability for
contaminated sites.
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