Former EPA official says agency fails to protect public from toxic pesticides
by Carey Gillam from Environment | The Guardian on (#6H5Z2)
Karen McCormack says regulators at environmental agency are discouraged from speaking up about dangerous chemicals
Federal regulators are discouraged from speaking up about potentially dangerous pesticides, according to a former agency official.
Karen McCormack, a retired Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientist who spent 40 years with the agency, told Al Jazeera's investigative show Fault Lines that she believed the EPA was not fulfilling its mission to protect the public from harmful chemicals.
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