EPA Abdicates Enforcement Responsibility April 8, 2020

Paul Gee, MD PSR Arizona | Arizona Daily Star

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a sweeping suspension of its enforcement safeguards resulting in a direct giveaway to corporate polluters. As a physician I am concerned that this shocking rollback of environmental safeguards will result in loss of life and permanent damage to our public health as well as to the environment.

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