This is certainly surprising news, Agencies not doing their work!
Study: Agencies aren't monitoring air, water pollution in Greene County
12/7/2004, 1:41 a.m. ET
The Associated Press
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — Government agencies aren't adequately monitoring air and water pollution in Greene County and aren't researching possible links between the county's high cancer rates and unhealthy levels of smog, soot and other contaminants, a study by a national environmental group said.
The Natural Resources Defense Council's "Pollution Unchecked" study, to be released Tuesday, not only found Greene County's cancer rates were among the highest in the state and nation, but also accused the state and federal environmental agencies of not actively gathering pollution data.
"There's a lot of pollution in southwestern Pennsylvania that both the state and federal environmental agencies have been sweeping under the rug and haven't been monitoring," the study's co-author, Erik Olson, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for its Tuesday edition. "It's a double whammy for the population because the agencies have been looking the other way." Read More....
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