Health advocate survey reveals chemical exposure and scientific integrity crisis Impacting public health

Physicians for Social Responsibility, a union that officially represents EPA scientists, and many other professionals working in science and health, sent letters to the McCain and Obama campaigns today asking that chemical exposure be made an urgent priority that when one of them has been elected as the next president. The growing number of chemical exposures are linked to rising rates of obesity, diabetes, thyroid disease, reproductive problems, neurodevelopmental disabilities, childhood cancers, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and other illness.

The issues are highlighted in a survey identifying the Top 5 Worst Actions by the current administration regarding chemical exposure and scientific integrity issues as they relate to public health.

The Top 5 Worst Actions committed by the current administration:

1. Administration “Gag Rule” on its own EPA scientists and staff;

2. Approval of a human testing rule to expose human beings, especially children, with chemicals;

3. Allowance of corporations to keep secret activities with toxic biological, chemical or
radiological materials (Patriot Act II. SECTION 202);

4. Elimination of protections for workers from toxic chemicals in the workplace; and

5. EPA refusal to allow California and other states to set their own regulations to mitigate climate change.

Runners up were:

*** Refusal of U.S. to support the intent of international treaties on chemicals;

*** U.S. impeding Global Warming talks; and

*** EPA neglect of contaminated communities in Brunswick, GA, Mossville,LA, Dixon, TN, in New Jersey, Michigan, Texas, Indigenous communities in Alaska, and many other places nationwide.

A full list of issues, resources, and experts can be found at: http://www.psr.org/Top5

Source: Physicians for Social Responsibility

Website: http://www.psr.org/

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