March 24, 2005

Mercury Study Stripped from Public Documents

When the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a rule last week to limit mercury emissions from U.S. power plants, officials emphasized that the controls could not be more aggressive because the cost to industry already far exceeded the public health payoff.

What they did not reveal is that a Harvard University study paid for by the EPA, co-authored by an EPA scientist and peer-reviewed by two other EPA scientists had reached the opposite conclusion.

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~The paper was handed in late, and furthermore it was 'flawed'.
(Methinks they protesth too much.)

Posted by Cieciel at March 24, 2005 11:17 PM