Guest guest Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735 > > Dear Administrator and EPA Staff, > > I urge you to strengthen the standard for airborne lead to the > levels necessary to protect the health of our citizens and > children, as recommended by EPA's independent scientific > advisory committee and by its own scientists. Lead is a potent > neurotoxin that causes brain and kidney damage and > cardiovascular injury. > > A strong, effectively enforced standard for airborne lead is > vital to the health and success of our children and our > communities. Thousands of public comments submitted earlier in > this process asked the EPA to strengthen the standard. EPA's own > scientific advisers and staff and the many other scientists and > doctors who submitted comments recommend that the agency's > 30-year-old lead standard be strengthened significantly to a > level of no more than 0.2 micrograms per cubic meter in air in > order to adequately protect public health. > > I am therefore very disappointed to learn that the EPA is > proposing a range of standards up to 0.3 micrograms per cubic > meter in air, levels which are unhealthy according to the latest > science. We may have made progress in reducing lead levels, but > that does not justify failing to make the further changes that > we now know are needed. The EPA must heed the latest science and > the advice of its scientific advisers and strengthen the > standard to a level that will adequately protect America's > children from the tragic, lifelong effects of lead exposure. > > Sincerely, > > [Your name and address] > > ========================== > Updates on Previous Alerts > ========================== > > RAT POISON REGULATIONS > In spring 2007 we asked you to urge the EPA to enact long > overdue safety measures to protect children from dangerous rat > poisons. You sent almost 7,000 comments to the EPA, and although > it's more than a year later, we're nevertheless happy to report > that on May 29th, the EPA imposed new restrictions to reduce the > threat of accidental poisonings for children, pets and wildlife. > Rat poison manufacturers have 90 days to comply with the new > rules, which include packaging poisons in child-safe containers > and restricting bulk sales to agricultural and commercial users. > The decision will dramatically reduce the tens of thousands of > accidental rat poisonings in small children every year, some of > which resulted in hospitalization and even death. Thanks to all > of you who helped achieve this critical victory for children's > health and safety! > > CALIFORNIA LAND USE PROPOSITIONS > In the last several weeks we urged those of you living in > California to vote to defeat Prop 98 and pass Prop 99, competing > land use propositions on the June 2nd state ballot. We're > thrilled to report that you and other voters spoke loud and > clear, as Prop 98 lost by a margin of 39 to 61 percent, while > Prop 99 was approved 62 to 38 percent. Under the guise of > eminent domain reform, Prop 98 could have limited environmental > protections, including those that reduce global warming > pollution or protect coastal areas, old growth forests and > cultural and historic sites. With Prop 99, Californians have > enacted straightforward eminent domain reform that will protect > homeowners while leaving our environmental protections intact. > Congratulations, California, and thanks to everyone who voted! > > ========== > About NRDC > ========== > > The Natural Resources Defense Council is a nonprofit > environmental organization with 1.2 million members and online > activists, and a staff of scientists, attorneys and > environmental experts. Our mission is to protect the planet's > wildlife and wild places and ensure a safe and healthy > environment for all living things. > > For more information about NRDC or how to become a member of > NRDC, please contact us at: > > Natural Resources Defense Council > 40 West 20th Street > New York, NY 10011 > 212-727-4511 (voice) / 212-727-1773 (fax) > Email: nrdcaction@... > http://www.nrdc.org > > Also visit: > BioGems -- Saving Endangered Wild Places > A project of the Natural Resources Defense Council > http://www.savebiogems.org > > =========== > To update your email address or other information, visit your > subscription management page at > http://www.nrdconline.org/nrdc/smp.tcl?nkey=ink5g5urr77m6tdj & . To > unsubscribe from > Earth Action, reply to this message with " remove " or > " unsubscribe " in the subject line. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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