EPA also covered up massive lead contamination of the water supply in Washington D.C. over a decade ago… justice was never served
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency, simply put, has a history of incompetence and arrogance, as well as a reputation for clearing itself while holding other people responsible for its own inactions.
Most recently, these traits were evident in the way the federal agency whiffed on water contamination in the city of Flint, Mich. Though state and local officials certainly share some blame for switching the city’s water supply over to the Flint River, which was known to be contaminated, regional EPA officials, including the director, knew for months that residents were drinking tainted water, but refused to say anything publicly or intervene in any way, opting instead to wait for state officials to act.
In the Gold King Mine accident in Colorado, the agency’s contractor has yet to be held responsible for releasing millions of gallons of yellow-orange-colored water containing massive amounts of pollutants and contaminants into the Animas River. But the agency’s enforcers nevertheless helped convict nearly 200 people in 2015 of environmental crimes.
But again, none of this incompetence is new. The agency can’t even keep water safe in the nation’s capital, where it is headquartered.
History of malfeasance
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