Yellow Dog

"The Environmental Protection Agency is close to issuing new guidelines making it easier for sewage authorities to dump partially treated wastewater during heavy rainfalls, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Nancy Stoner, who runs the Natural Resources Defense Council's clean water project, said the new policy "means more people will get sick and more people will die. This is really a very significant issue from a public health standpoint."

Joan B. Rose, a water pollution microbiologist at Michigan State University, said the EPA's proposal ignores scientific findings that link wastewater to the spread of disease, adding that the Clean Water Act does not cover many unhealthful viruses and parasites."

When it comes to human costs (the health of citizens) vs. the costs to businesses, Bush chooses businesses every single time. It's sickening (literally). I had read somewhere that, had Kerry been elected, he might have chosen Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for the EPA post. Think about what a different (BETTER) world it would have been, where we all could have breathed more easily....

EPA May Allow the Discharge of Partially Treated Sewage (washingtonpost.com)