Huge Hikes in Allowable Radioactivity in Drinking Water, Air and Soil

Huge Hikes in Allowable Radioactivity in Drinking Water, Air and Soil

In a parting shot, the Bush administration ordered the EPA to radically increase the allowable amounts of nuclear radiation in our water, air and soil. The Obama administration suspended the action temporarily.

According to PEER, "The new draft standards have been promulgated in secrecy despite sharp controversy about allowing public exposure to radiation levels vastly higher than those EPA had previously deemed unacceptably dangerous."

Three articles about this issue and supporting documents follow:

PEER files suit: EPA yet to object to Bush administration's radically higher radiation exposure levels.

MARKEY URGES EPA NOT TO WEAKEN RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS.

Huge Hikes in Allowable Radioactivity in Drinking Water, Air and Soil.