Bush Trashing the Environment

[Crazed Rabbit]

Is there anyone still willing to defend this man? This is what he wants his legacy to be?
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2...et-to-low.html

I just can't fathom what goes through the minds of these bastards. They seriously want to exempt a chemical that has negative side-effects on the hormones of children from regulation? WHY!?!? I can't understand it - can someone please help me to figure this one out?

Your article is full of misinformation. This is a ruling by the EPA, not Bush, alright?

Perchlorates occur naturally, in addition to industrial sources, and it has been suggested that sunlight and lightning cause them, among other reasons.

And research suggests its not nearly as harmful as the fear-mongering Wired article suggests:
http://www.thyroid.org/professionals...rchlorate.html

(VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 1, 2004)—A chemical, perchlorate, that is increasingly turning up in soil and water may not be as harmful as previously thought when people ingest it or are exposed to it, according to three new studies being presented on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2004, at the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

CR