James R. Elder Quotes
We thought we would get around to it sometime down the line. Theoretically we could have regulated it, but it wasn't on our radar screen.
Cryptocporidium is an illness caused by parasites in drinking water. It has been known about since 1974, but when the EPA set standards for drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act, but did not include Cryptocporidium.
James R. Elder, Director of Drinking Water Programs, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Quoted in The Washington Post, September 26, 1993
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Flint had declared bankruptcy and an Adminisrator was Appointed to work with the Governor & Mayor to administer the city, To save money, the administrator decided to close down the Flint water treatment facility and to use river water instead. The decision was a disaster in that the river watter interacted with the old lead piping of the city and leached lead into the drinking water thus in evvect poisoning it. The Governor and thestate EPA were slow and passive to deal with the situation. The fedral government as an interim step supplied bottled water and this task force was appointed.
IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) is a group of industry and academic scientists which advices the EPA on a decisions about toxic level in a number of areas. However, with often polarized stakeholders and continuous lobbying, the process was very slow. The GAO reported that the average IRIS decision took 7 years to make. Deniston and others wanted a change in the EPA process.
Paulson, Michael Bloomberg and other politicians who had vast business experience were beginning a campaign to show the great danger to the economy of climate change and global warming.
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Smith was the author of a major biography on Nelson Rockefeller who although a Republican advocated higher taxes to pay for what the pubic wanted from government and was one of the first politicians to seriously deal with assuring clean water.
Coca Cola is mostly water with sugar and a little syrup for flavoring. In addition, water is used heavily in the manufacturing processes of bottles and cans.
