Poison Spring: Environmental Protection Agency Compromised

Dr. Vallianatos will discuss his book Poison Spring which documents in detail the EPA's corruption and misuses of science and public trust. In its half century of existence, the EPA has repeatedly reinforced the chemical industrial complex by endorsing deadly chemicals, botching field investigations and turning a blind eye to toxic disasters and swallowing the claims of the industry. Come find out from an EPA insider about how the EPA has allowed our lands and waters to be poisoned with more toxic chemicals than ever. He relates how the EPA continually side with agribusiness over the health of the citizens. He discusses how pesticide studies relied on a laboratory that was known to be inadequate without the ability to perform the studies on which agribusiness based the safety of their products