The Environmental Deception Protection Agency is a federal
agency that is charged with the responsibility of writing and enforcing
legislation to protect human health and the environment. Established under
Nixon in 1970, the EPA is another one of those agencies that sounds like a
good idea, until you peel off the shiny friendly top layer to discover the
stench of corruption underneath.

Much like the leadership of the

FDA, the most recent administrators have some very questionable ties.

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If people are judged by the company they keep, then it’s very unfortunate
for Lisa Jackson that she was most recently Governor Jon Corzine’s Chief of
Staff. (I’m sure we all recall that
nasty little scandal in which 1.2 BILLION dollars of other people’s
money vanished out of Corzine’s sweaty little hands).

We’ll discuss Jackson’s disappointing handling of the Fukushima disaster a
little further down the page.

Leavitt has no background in science whatsoever. He earned a BS in economics
and business. He worked on numerous political campaigns before he became the
governor of Utah. He became extremely wealthy by starting a large insurance
company and also served on the board of directors for Utah Power and Light.
Somehow, despite his lack of education or experience in environmental
subjects, he was appointed to the EPA in 2003. Environmentalists protested
his nomination, citing that he had allowed polluting industries to develop
millions of acres of Utah wilderness.

While in charge of the EPA, Leavitt drew fire for using memos written by
coal industry lobbyists when issuing a proposed plan to regulate mercury
emissions from coal-burning power plants (a plan that critics said was far
too lax to have positive effect). Leavitt’s lethargic record for regulating
the use of toxic chemicals for fracking was cause for a congressional
hearing.

The

EPA has been accused of covering up crimes committed by public health
enemy #1, Monsanto, as well as Dow Chemicals. The EPA’s investigation proved
that Monsanto knowingly tainted Lysol (used by moms everywhere to sanitize
babies’ toys) with dioxin. However, no criminal charges have been
forthcoming as of this publication.

The EPA also quietly closed an investigation of Monsanto’s twisted cover-up
in the Nitro, West Virginia herbicide plant accident that exposed hundreds
of workers to deadly carcinogen dioxin, which can still be found in nearby
streams and lakes. Despite the fact that this investigation simply
disappeared, Monsanto agreed in February to pay $93 million dollars to
residents of Nitro in order to settle a class action lawsuit.

The

EPA has refused to ban a pesticide made by Dow Chemicals, the
controversial 2,4-D, the same substance used in Agent Orange. This pesticide
will be used on corn crops that have been genetically engineered to be
resistant to the toxin. Agent Orange causes cancer, hormone disruption,
genetic mutations and neurotoxicity and will be soon be coming to a corn
field near you.

The EPA has refused a petition to ban BPA in industry, citing a lack of
scientific evidence of the negative effects of the chemical. BPA is commonly
found tainting canned goods, especially soup, and bottled water that has
been exposed to heat. (Author’s note: It would probably be very expensive
for industry to have to replace all those containers with BPA-free cans and
bottles.)

Our country is currently being inundated with radiation from the Fukushima
disaster. The

EPA is right on top of things with their response, of course. First,
they promptly closed down 8 of 18 radiation measuring stations in the
hardest hit area, California. Then, to further calm the good people of the
nation, the EPA magically changed the numbers. They’ve raised the amount of
radiation that we can safely absorb and ingest. It wouldn’t do for the large
factory farms to be unable to sell their tainted produce or for the huge
dairies to be stuck with all that radioactive milk.

The

radiation in our food supply is of so little concern to the EPA that
they’ve actually begun to tell us that a little bit of radiation is good for
us. According to a
report citing
the EPA, a bit of radiation can prevent cancer, instead of causing it.

Since our minds can be at ease now, the EPA has decided that they are

no longer planning to monitor the radiation levels in our food supply.
They will return to their previous practice of only monitoring random
samples every three months.

Yep. Really. The Environmental Protection Agency of the
United States is no longer monitoring radiation levels in our food and water
supplies as of April 14th. That will definitely keep them from getting
those inconveniently high readings that might affect Big Agri’s prosperity.

One controversy after another can be attributed to the EPA, an agency
charged with protecting the air we breathe, the soil in which we grow our
food and the water that we drink. At the bottom of each of those
controversies can be found ties to the conspiracies of the big businesses
that really run the country. Decisions are being auctioned off to industry
lobbyists with the most money and influence.

Environmental protection is only the rule of thumb if it goes along with
Agenda 21 – the EPA is all over the
green agenda in
cases that benefit the redistribution of wealth, but the agency completely
ignores blatant crimes against the earth if it involves fracking for the
benefit of a natural gas company.