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The Battery Industry in the White House
Posted on October 12, 2008
So I'm barely back from sabbatical, and stuff is happening thick and fast. The EPA is under a court order to issue an updated standard for lead in the air by this Wednesday, October 15th. The current standard was set 30 years ago, and would be a joke except that it leaves so many kids vulnerable to lead poisoning and lets about 16,000 lead polluters continue to contaminate our air. Anyway, we're working for a standard that will protect children, but now it looks possible that we may not get it.We found out that the battery industry had a closed-door meeting with the White House in early Octo...
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