EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing a new controversy over chemical contamination that could prove even more damaging than his spate of recent ethics scandals.
When Pruitt returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday, he will likely be asked to explain why EPA helped to bury a federal study that would have increased warnings about toxic chemicals found in hundreds of water supplies across the country. A handful of Republicans were quick to demand answers after POLITICO reported Monday that senior aides to Pruitt intervened after the White House warned of a "public relations nightmare" from the impending Health and Human Services Department assessment.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/16/pruitt-chemical-study-epa-590947
Report: the EPA Halted Publication of Research About Chemical Pollutants After White House Warned of PR “Nightmare”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/epa-and-white-house-block-report-on-chemical-pollutants.html
When Pruitt returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday, he will likely be asked to explain why EPA helped to bury a federal study that would have increased warnings about toxic chemicals found in hundreds of water supplies across the country. A handful of Republicans were quick to demand answers after POLITICO reported Monday that senior aides to Pruitt intervened after the White House warned of a "public relations nightmare" from the impending Health and Human Services Department assessment.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/16/pruitt-chemical-study-epa-590947
Report: the EPA Halted Publication of Research About Chemical Pollutants After White House Warned of PR “Nightmare”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/epa-and-white-house-block-report-on-chemical-pollutants.html
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