Investigate West: Inslee weighs tenfold increase in cancer risk for fish eaters
Robert McClure at Investigate West has zeroed in on the effort by business interests to undercut the fish consumption rate by changing the cancer risk rate: How much risk of cancer from eating fish is...
View ArticleBilly Frank Jr.: Industry recycles arguments against better water quality
Bill Frank Jr. writes in the Tacoma News Tribune today that innovation is oftentimes the result of regulation to protect human health: It turns out the standards weren’t too strict after all. The...
View ArticleTribes call on EPA to update water quality standards
Jerry Cornfield at the Everett Herald wrote about a meeting the treaty tribes in western Washington are having with EPA today: “The tribes’ principal objective for revised water quality standards is to...
View ArticleBeing Frank: Move Forward on Water Quality Standards
Originally published at https://nwtreatytribes.org/being-frank-move-forward-on-water-quality-standards/ Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries...
View ArticleNWTT: Puget Sound is not a Sewer
Originally published at https://nwtreatytribes.org/puget-sound-is-not-a-sewer/ Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the...
View ArticleSeattle Times: EPA moves to ease water-quality standards in Washington state;...
The Environmental Protection Agency proposes to ease Washington water-quality standards for chemicals discharged into state waterways, a move embraced by industry groups that sought the change and...
View ArticleNWTT: Politics, Not Science Behind Water Quality Rollback
Originally Published at https://nwtreatytribes.org/politics-not-science-behind-water-quality-rollback/ Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission....
View ArticleAG Ferguson Sues Trump Administration Over Reversal of Water Quality Protections
Published at https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-sues-trump-administration-over-reversal-water-quality-protections FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jun 6 2019 EPA’s revision violates Clean...
View ArticleSeattle Times Op: More mercury in the fish we eat? Don’t let the EPA weaken...
Published at https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/more-mercury-in-the-fish-we-eat-dont-let-the-epa-weaken-water-quality-rules/ Puget Sound, the Columbia River, Lake Washington, the San Juan Islands,...
View ArticleNWTT: EPA sacrifices human health for short-term profit
Originally Published at https://nwtreatytribes.org/epa-sacrifices-human-health-for-short-term-profit/ Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission....
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