Posted on 02/16/2011 8:16:09 AM PST by Nachum
After Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson testified on Feb. 2 that regulating drinking water might help prevent children from getting autism, CNSNews.com asked Jackson by e-mail whether she could provide “any data, studies, documents, reports or other sources” to confirm her claim. Her office subsequently stated there were “emerging studies” but provided no evidence. In an e-mail statement to CNSNews.com on Feb. 11, Jackson said there were “emerging studies” that show a possible link between autism and environmental factors. But repeated requests by e-mail and by telephone to t
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The EPA already regulates drinking water. In fact, the EPA HEAVILY regulates drinking water.
If the Director of the EPA does not know this, then the Director of the EPA needs to resign or be fired.
Evidence is so old fashioned. Can’t we just “deem it so”? We know that Obama is eligible to be president — no evidence required. Why not just delcare that drinking water causes autism and have done with it? It makes “doing science” much easier.
An Administration of Incompetents.
“emerging studies” , that’s ‘New Speak’ for “we’re in the process of contracting some university types to fake some back dated studies to back us up”.
"A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works. I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love...Yes, a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed".
EPA: “We don’t need no stinkeen’ data!”
In other words, she just made it up.
Many employees of EPA (and their private sector fans) have a fixation about it.
After the global-warmists are finally defeated, it might be a good thing to go after these junkers; it would likely drive a stake thru the heart of another huge swathe of the EPA monster.
“Lots and lots of EPA-type neuroses surround drinking water.”
I’ve been a water plant operator for 30 years, and the above statement is abdo-lutely true!
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