A colleague of mine has a friend who works for the EPA.

[Kablooie]

They met this last weekend and he asked what he thinks about what's going on.

The friend works in the same building as Scott Pruitt and has been working on a lead study for the past 7 years.

Pruitt has declared "War on Lead" but has never even once talked with anyone involved with the EPA lead study.
He paid a large sum to an outside researcher for a lead report.

The friend is worried that all his work for the last 7 years will be discarded.

[BigmanPigman]

1. I am surprised he still has a job.

Most of the scientists have been fired or forced out. The research that they already gathered has been blocked from being released to the public too. Our scientists have to rely on scientists in countries that are our allies to provide info. on climate change and other studies.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. How truly sad and outrageous this is. Typical Republican bullshit. n/t

[WhiteTara]

3. I hope it's all on a thumb drive.

[montana_hazeleyes]

4. This is one of the worst things this misadministration is

doing. Undoing our environmental strides we have made for decades and whatever else they are doing to destroy earth for money. Also the horrible things they are doing to wild animals that are going under the radar.

I could go on and on.....

Some day they will see their money will do them no good at all.

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. Is there a big lead lobby?

If there is a suitable substitute, does anyone even use it any more?

[Kablooie]

6. It's probably from industries that have to pay to eliminate lead.

They want lighter regulations.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Automotive batteries are heavy users (pun intended).

Lead paint is not sold but legacy painted surfaces create problems every year even now.


Led Zeppelin

[JohnnyRingo]

8. Knowing this administration...

...Pruitt got his report from a mining lobby.

The result? "We all had pencils in grade school and no one was poisoned by their homework".

(I know that's graphite)