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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.
By Warren Olney • • 33m ListenThe 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. It's accused of dragging its feet and failing to warn the public about poisoned water supplies and massive emissions of greenhouse gases. Does it lack authority, resources and leadership -- or simple competence?
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The full episode
2 of 3Can the EPA Be Trusted with Our Public Health?- 1:43Denmark to Seize Assets of Refugees
- 8:33Public Health and Public AccountabilityYou’re reading this
- 42:47Nicholas Kristof on Myanmar's Persecuted Minority