DAVE ROSS

Now even the air has side effects

May 23, 2018, 7:40 AM

EPA, Scott Pruitt...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

On Tuesday in Washington DC, reporters for CNN and The Associated Press were turned away when they tried to cover a briefing being given by Scott Pruitt, head of the EPA.

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CNN wasn’t happy about it.

“Yeah, it’s pretty outrageous indeed,” Wolf Blitzer said.

But what was buried in this little drama was the actual subject of Pruitt’s briefing.

The briefing was about a particular group of chemicals. Chemicals which tend to accumulate in humans and appear to change brain function and behavior, increase cholesterol, lower testosterone, disrupt thyroid hormones, and, of course, lead to cancer.

Those are just the human studies. If you want a real scare, look up what happened in the animal studies.

These chemicals are known as “polyfluoroalkyl substances.” None of us have heard of them, but all of us have taken an involuntary dose because they’re in the air!

The chemicals got in the air because they’re in things such as non-stick cookware, carpet, polishes, waxes, paints, microwave containers, pizza boxes, even furniture.

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Based on the studies I’ve seen, we’ve known for at least 14 years this stuff is dangerous.

So the big story here isn’t that reporters were kicked out of a briefing, it’s that industries believe they have a Second Amendment right to release toxic chemicals into the air. And if Scott Pruitt can fix that, I say we let him fly first class any time he wants.

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