Mars' soil...wait...make that U.S. water supply inhospitable for life

So recently there were articles about how perchlorate was found in the soil of Mars. Scientists bemoaned this as drastically decreasing the chances of finding any sort of life there.

But now I read that the EPA is against limits on perchlorate in the water supplies in the U.S.

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country.

Sen. Barbara Boxer said the EPA was walking away from "a widespread contamination problem."

EPA reached the conclusion in a draft regulatory document not yet made public but reviewed Monday by The Associated Press.

The ingredient, perchlorate, has been found in at least 395 sites in 35 states at levels high enough to interfere with thyroid function and pose developmental health risks, particularly for babies and fetuses, according to some scientists.

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Bottoms up!

This is a very cool story, one that seems will exose the toxic underbelly of how our crackpot government really works... I hope this isnt swept under the rug...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mifbP06cJUQ

epa is in bush/cheneys pocket. even fox admits its true...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352302,00.html

Survey: More than Half of EPA Scientists Report Political Interference
A survey of scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency shows that hundreds of scientists are complaining about political interference and pressure from superiors who want to skew their findings.

The survey by the advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists said more than half of roughly 1,600 EPA staff scientists who responded online to a detailed questionnaire reported they had experienced incidents of political interference in their work.

EPA spokesman Jonathan Shradar attributed some of the discontent to the "passion" scientists have toward their work.

The survey was sent to 5,500 EPA scientists across the country with about 30 percent of them responding.