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Okay, this is pretty strange.
Apparently the EPA is hurriedly dispersing and destroying its library materials, in many cases (if I'm understanding correctly) the only copies of reports and reviews of the health effects of various pesticides and other chemicals. The reports seem to be from the 20th of November and the 7th of December of this year. I originally found the info in this post; the first half is about the Bush Administration supressing inconvenient science; the part about the EPA disbanding its library is in the second half of the piece.
( More information and links below the fold )
Apparently there is a good place to express your opinion about all this
Apparently the EPA is hurriedly dispersing and destroying its library materials, in many cases (if I'm understanding correctly) the only copies of reports and reviews of the health effects of various pesticides and other chemicals. The reports seem to be from the 20th of November and the 7th of December of this year. I originally found the info in this post; the first half is about the Bush Administration supressing inconvenient science; the part about the EPA disbanding its library is in the second half of the piece.
( More information and links below the fold )
Apparently there is a good place to express your opinion about all this
After UCS issued its alert about the closures on Friday, protest calls reportedly began pouring into the office of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson. UCS is asking the public to keep up the pressure by calling Johnson at (202) 564-4700 and urging him to immediately halt the dismantling of the library system until Congress approves the EPA budget and all materials are readily available online.
From Facing South
I think that might work better than writing to Congress--Congress has already ordered the EPA to stop, and they didn't.
