Concerned citizens from #Indiana to #WestVirginia to #Tennessee to #Maine to #NorthCarolina are urging the Senate to #RejectDourson. His nomination represents an immediate threat to our public health & safety. RT their stories and help speak out against #Dourson. #ScienceForSale
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"Dourson has already taken up residence at the EPA, appointed without confirmation to a special adviser position. It is imperative that we keep our drinking water and our children safe, and send Dourson packing."http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/11/23/protect-our-aquifer-politics-other-contaminants/886492001/ …
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"Dourson isn’t just your run of the mill chemical company apologist. He built a career helping companies...weaken & evade federal chemical safety laws…This is precisely the wrong person to ensure Americans aren’t poisoned by chemicals & toxic pollution.”http://bangordailynews.com/2017/11/20/opinion/editorials/chemical-apologist-is-the-wrong-man-to-oversee-national-chemical-safety/ …
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"Dourson’s past work is bad enough, but to put such a man in charge of chemical safety would be dangerous to people in Parkersburg, Vienna, the Mid-Ohio Valley and those around the country."https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/op_ed_commentaries/ben-hawkins-dourson-is-wrong-for-chemical-safety-in-parkersburg/article_4650d234-dbd9-5507-b4fa-bb65f343ed91.html …
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"This nomination is no longer an issue of political affiliations but a concern for the health of the American people."https://cuindependent.com/2017/11/04/opinion-michael-doursons-fake-science/ …
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"Dourson's record suggests that when there is doubt, he does not err on the side of caution in questions of human safety. He errs on the side of what his clients want. That makes him unsuitable to be the people’s lead protector from chemical pollution."https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/editorial/gazette-editorial-industry-s-dourson-has-wrong-attitude-for-epa/article_5b14a53e-53c9-5b7e-8653-fa3de954d29c.html …
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“When Dourson delivers for his industry clients, it is the public who pays, through weakened health protections. That’s not the quality of person we need in a leadership position in a critical public health agency.”http://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/356091-trump-wants-big-tobacco-ally-to-run-epa-chemical-safety …
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"The only way anything ever changes in Washington is when people stand up & demand it. So speak out, post on social media, write letters to the editor, & get everyone you know to help make sure Dourson is never confirmed to this position."
@SenGillibrandhttp://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Trump-s-EPA-nominee-wrong-choice-for-12370301.php …Show this thread
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