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Can the EPA Be Trusted with Our Public Health?
Corporations and politicians of both parties accuse the EPA of stifling the economy with excessive regulation. But crises are raising a different question: does the EPA have enough authority and sufficient resources to protect public health and the environment?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenCorporations and politicians of both parties accuse the EPA of stifling the economy with excessive regulation. But crises are raising a different question: does the EPA have enough authority and sufficient resources to protect public health and the environment?
Later on the program, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is called "the moral conscience of a generation of journalists as well as their "Indiana Jones." We hear about his most recent travels and his prescription for making America less "unfair."
Photo: Samples of contaminated water from Flint, Michigan
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3 storiesDenmark to Seize Assets of Refugees
Denmark is the latest country in Western Europe taking steps to halt the influx of refugees. The parliament today passed a controversial measure allowing authorities to seize their assets. Reporter Rick Noack is in London for the Washington Post .
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The Environmental Protection Agency was established during the Nixon Administration 45 years ago to protect human health and the environment, but recent cases from Michigan to West Virginia to California have raised questions about whether it's up to the job.
Read the story34 minNicholas Kristof on Myanmar's Persecuted Minority
The country of Myanmar enjoys a fledgling democracy but is forcing its Muslim minority to languish in concentration camps. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof joins us in the studio to share his reporting on the persecution of the Rohingya. Photo: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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