EPA urges tough rules on arsenic
EPA urges tough rules on arsenicArsenic in Water
Person 1- For our table topic we are doing �EPA urges tough rules on arsenic.� The Environmental Protection agency has concluded that it must adopt a new standard for the amount of arsenic allowed in the nation�s drinking water that is at least as though as the one proposed by the Clinton administration, officials said yesterday. Christie Whitman recommend a limit of arsenic allowed in the nation�s drinking water after the National Academy of Sciences stated the health risks posed by arsenic are much greater than previously assumed by the EPA.
Person 2- The decision addresses one of the most controversial environmental decisions the Bush administration has made since coming into office. The 50-year federal standard for naturally occurring arsenic levels in drinking water was at 50 parts per billion and the proposition was made at 10 parts per billion.
Person 3- Whitman charged at the time that the Clinton rule had been hastily crafted without adequate scientific study...
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