Watchdog issues rare 'alert' that EPA data on toxic substance releases inaccurate

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Watchdog issues rare 'alert' that EPA data on toxic substance releases inaccurate
By Miranda Green - 04/08/19 04:43 PM EDT



The top watchdog overseeing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a rare "management alert" Monday warning that the agency’s public data on toxic substance releases are not accurate.

The EPA’s Office of Inspector General (IG) said the inconsistencies were “of sufficient concern to warrant immediate reporting.”

The emergency letter from the EPA’s acting IG to the head of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention warned that certain information the EPA released publicly about its toxic chemical releases did not match internal EPA data.

“As a result, the public is not receiving complete and timely information about environmental conditions affecting human health,” the letter read.

Specifically, the alert referred to missing data pertaining to releases of hazardous substances from publicly owned treatment works. The government watchdog discovered that there were substantial differences between the publicly listed data on the total number of pounds of toxic chemicals released into the environment and internal data sets the EPA handed over separately to the IG.

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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/437908-watchdog-warns-in-rare-alert-that-epa-data-on-toxic-substance?fbclid=IwAR2k5LpI8snpjGmoFpvdf-nvOGnQHCndLS-VERxPhwdM7QotOr-_c9yiWEE

[LonePirate]

1. I know the competition is stiff but how is this not the #1 news story today?

Those bastards are now using government agencies to damage the health of the general public. What's next?

[lostnfound]

3. Halve the number of meat inspectors? Kill healthy school lunches? Destroy science programs?

Oh wait, those were already done.
Hmm. I don’t know what’s next. Probably abolition of free speech. Target courts / judges.

[backtoblue]

2. K&R