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BOOK: “Poison Spring:The Secret History of Pollution and

PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:43 am
by Oscar
In his book, “Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA” [ https://www.amazon.com/Poison-Spring-Se ... 1608199142 ] published in 2014, E. G. Vallianatos, who worked for the EPA for 25 years, wrote:

"It is simply not possible to understand why the EPA behaves the way it does without appreciating the enormous power of American’s industrial farmers and their allies in the chemical pesticide industries, which currently do about $40 billion per in year business. For decades, industry lobbyists have preached the gospel of unregulated capitalism, and Americans have bought it. Today, it seems the entire government is at the service of the private interests of America’s corporate class.”

That was three years ago. And yet, as public opinion shifts toward condemnation of the widespread use of toxic chemicals on our food, here in the U.S., government officials entrusted with public health and safety appear more determined than ever to uphold the “rights” of corporations to poison everything in sight—including our children.