Re:Decades of Air Pollution Undermine the Immune System
by warmwaffles on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @09:02PM
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Cool, so absolve the EPA of any wrong doing?
Re:Decades of Air Pollution Undermine the Immune System
by bsder on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:49PM
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No. But that specific failure is not an inherent indictment of the mission of the EPA, itself.
That mine is an environmental disaster. Some entity needs to be tasked with containing it or mitigating it--doing nothing is NOT an option. That failure could have occurred whether the mine was under the auspices of the EPA, the Department of the Interior, or the Army Corps of Engineers.
Re:Decades of Air Pollution Undermine the Immune System
by chillwaves on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @05:28AM
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This isn't how we talk on HN.
The EPA is in charge of these horrible mines because the previous owners abandoned them to destroy the environment after the profitable stuff was pulled out of the ground.