Category: EPA
The Unenforceable Law: Chemical Battery
March 24th, 2011, No Comments
My last post described the fact that I was forced to file a complaint with the Bar Association of New York about the lack of tangible work product in the prosecution of my lawsuit (re: pesticide poisoning) over the past five years. A major area of disagreement in prosecuting the suit was my insistence that [...]
The Morality of Legislation – Dear Senator Lautenberg
December 9th, 2010, No Comments
Dear Senator Lautenberg, As the most recent legislator to introduce a bill on “Toxics”, I have sent your office copies of the following correspondence because you and your colleagues in Washington need to know that we, the people, are unable to safe-guard our own health from one of the most common hazards around today—modern pesticides. [...]
The Whistle-blower Express: Calling Lisa Jackson!
October 17th, 2010, No Comments
Administrator Lisa Jackson is one of the busiest people in America. Her recent appointment to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is of enormous importance to citizens throughout the world. Not since Carol Browner’s tenure in the Clinton White House, have we seen anyone as committed to the reduction of toxic substances in our personal [...]
Testing Pesticides on Human Subjects
November 28th, 2001, No Comments
Dear President Bush and Administrator Whitman; I felt compelled to write concerning this admnistration’s reversal of policy on the use of test data from human subjects with regard to pesticide products. The implications of such a policy reversal are many and I will mention only a few of them: 1. Acceptance of such data is [...]
EPA misinforms children about chemicals/pesticides
June 15th, 2001, No Comments
Sent To EPA Personnel: I expect that your home tour for children is meant to be shared by kids with their parents. It unfortunately fails to warn either party as to appropriate cautions for products discussed. This tour is an abrupt departure from advice previously incorporated in EPA/OPPT documents in which people are urged to [...]
