EPA is falsifying risk assessments for dangerous chemicals, say whistleblowers

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/27/epa-whistleblowers-falsifying-risk-assessments-dangerous-chemicals

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Fuck these fucking fuckers

I'm so angry. I'm currently applying for civil service jobs because I want to do something that can be good for society but to see this kind of corruption just annoys me so much.

How can this be allowed. I'm kind of horrified to see what I might encounter in the future of I get in.

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u/dancingmillie 19d ago

Change can come from within then.

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u/Pianomie 18d ago

Yeah. We have to fight for it.

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u/Energy_Dull 18d ago

Do it. They need more people like you

u/matchatea7 19d ago

If this is true, this is horrifying.

u/nnnnnnnnnnhnnnn 19d ago

i mean the epa has long been infiltrated my all those oil companies.... what did y'all expect?!

u/Reginald_III 19d ago

Line em up on the wall

u/mrmaxstacker 19d ago

passport came in the mail today, now time to figure out where the smallest government is and how long it will take to leave. no wonder we feel sick all the time we're being poisoned

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u/Energy_Dull 18d ago

Read the article and you’ll see that it’s, once again, corporations and regulatory capture to blame. You want to be mad at someone? Be mad at the multiple corporations that influence the government, not the government itself.

You’re ‘small government’ just cuts out the middle man and let’s corporate have direct control.

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u/mrmaxstacker 18d ago

There's no difference between corporations and government in the USA anymore. North America was a way better place when the Native Americans were taking care of it, FACT. I bet they never poisoned the water.

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u/Energy_Dull 18d ago edited 18d ago

Please, that attitude will only allow things to get worse. Go ahead and resign to your apathetic nihilism instead of trying to make our government better. That’s precisely what corporate wants from you.

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u/mrmaxstacker 18d ago

You don't understand nihilism. Emigration is typically what people do when the government no longer serves the people that live there. See all of human history. Nihilism would be sitting around doing nothing about it than posting on the internet, which is probably a majority of people.

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u/Energy_Dull 18d ago edited 17d ago

Alright, fair point. If you got to move because you see the US as corrupt that’s fair enough; but where exactly is this ‘small government’ better country you’re referring to? The better countries are the ones with less corrupt governments that actively and effectively do keep corporate in check

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u/stefantalpalaru 18d ago

figure out where the smallest government is

Somalia - the libertarian paradise!

no wonder we feel sick all the time we're being poisoned

It will be the same in Somalia, but with no government to complain to.