http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/06/engage-with-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=engage-with-us EPA's Blog About Our World Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/06/engage-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-31615 Jesús Torres Navarro Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:44:13 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=3233#comment-31615 Ciertamente “los números siempre cuentan historias” ¡felicidades Dra. Barbara! su trabajo es excelente; saber que se realiza con vocación de servicio, mentalidad verde y total trasparencia es digno de reconocimiento
Mi experiencia me dice que no es frecuente encontrar a un Director de Finanzas con visión humanista, sin embargo, eso percibo en Usted. Voy a seguir muy de cerca su trabajo porque lo considero de primordial importancia, creo que voy a aprender mucho

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/06/engage-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-31570 TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:22:30 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=3233#comment-31570 Allocating funds for clean energy to compete with these polluters would be more appropriate than paying them for the wrong they have done. Punish them through legal actions in the courts both civil and criminal. Stimulate the growth and development of new sustainable energy sources to eliminate polluters and their significant carbon footprint. Small and large renewable energy systems would go along way in preventing lead poisioning etc. in our lives.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/06/engage-with-us/comment-page-1/#comment-31560 Michael E. Bailey Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:51:06 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=3233#comment-31560 The Cross-Cutting Strategies are the most important new changes. Now more than ever how we can integrate environmental impacts and human health impacts will be of ever greater significance. Outreach is another important issue. The Pacific Institute and partner agencies including Community Water Center, Clean Water Fund, and California Rural Legal Assistance are doing a study to try to determine the degree and extent of nitrate contamination in the San Joaquin Valley. Some people in the valley have had to pay 2 times for their water once for tap water too polluted with nitrates to use and again for bottled water. The water some systems have has been too polluted to drink for months sometimes years. Right now, small water systems with volunteer boards of directors in lower income areas of the Valley seem most impacted but no one knows the true degree and extent of the nitrate contamination. This is what the Pacific Institute is studying and it is planned that a report including recommendations for clean up will be ready by the end of the year. Many disabled persons have to live in lower income areas where the cost of living is usually less. But when information on the nitrate contamination and Pacific Institute investigation into it was sent to the Area Disability Boards that cover the San Joaquin Valley none had ever heard of the groundwater nitrate pollution before, or the harmful health impacts of drinking nitrate contaminated water, or that nitrate contaminated water must not be boiled because thatmakes it more harmful to drink. Best wishes, Michael E. Bailey.

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