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Try Not to Breathe!

Writing on AlterNet, Catherine O'Neill observes that " Scant attention has been given to the Bush administration's embrace of risk avoidance as the supposed 'solution' to public health hazards and environmental contamination." She makes the case that the burden to avoid unhealthy exposure to pollution should not fall on individuals, but rather on polluters -- but someone needs to explain that to the Bush administration.

Type: Op-Eds (July 12, 2004)
PDF: Try Not to Breathe
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Author(s): Catherine O'Neill
Tags: enforcement air pollution underkill mercury
Categories: Energy & Environment Energy & Environment Regulatory Policy Regulatory Policy

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