What’s a little more mercury or arsenic in your water gonna hurt? Well it’ll help the business sale of bottled water – PB/TK
Rule to limit mercury and arsenic in waterways is delayed by the EPA – By Mark Hand / May 31 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency would like to delay an Obama-era rule that limits the amount of toxins power plant operators can dump into waterways, the agency announced late last week.
In a new rule, expected to be published this week in the Federal Register, the agency has proposed delaying the compliance dates of the 2015 Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines until the EPA reviews them.
Environmental groups characterized the EPA’s decision to delay implementation of the rule as in line with the Trump administration’s attempt to conduct a broad rollback of regulations designed to protect public health. The Obama administration estimated that the 2015 rule would keep 1.4 billion pounds of toxic metals and other pollutants out of waterways each year.
Continue to thinkprogress.org article: https://thinkprogress.org/epa-chief-proposes-rule-delay-b886a3344a83
