Republican deregulation of corporations

The Republicans deregulation of corporations are killing American citizen. For example, Koch Industries, has been a constant offender, and have been directly linked to multiple deaths. The Republicans wanting to, and successfully deregulating EPA, has led to these disasters: In Arkansas, there is a small town, Crossett, with a road called Penn Road. There are 15 houses on that road, and there have been 11 deaths from cancer. These deaths are lung cancer, and the cancers are rare forms of lung cancer. These people who have died also have never smoked a day in their life. The town of Crossett is has ditches and natural streams that run through it as waste disposal sewers for Georgia-Pacific, owned by Koch Industries. These ditches transport heavy pollutions through the water, which has s even killed trees near the ditches giving of a toxic cloud. This is 100% illegal, not just because it is killing people, but it is going against the Clean Water Act. Source: http://bluearkansasblog.com... In Texas, two 17 year old teenagers(one female one male) were killed in an explosion after their truck stalled, and when they tried to restart the truck it exploded. A Koch Industries owned underground pipeline was leaking highly pressurized butane, which cause the explosion and deaths of the teens. Smalley later testified in a lawsuit he filed against the pipeline company, Koch Industries Inc. saying "I mean, it was like hell had opened up". The pipeline that killed the teens had a history of corrosion problems dating almost to the minute it was put into the ground, and that the electrical system intended to inhibit corrosion was not working right. This is just one incident of a pipeline. The U.S. Justice Department documented 300 leaks involving Koch pipelines between 1990 and 1997 that it said were caused mainly by unattended maintenance problems. Source: http://www.statesman.com... Koch industries have uncontrolled emissions of Benzene. (Benzene is a known carcinogen, and has been known that it leads to Leukemia since 1928, and 1948, the American Petroleum Institute officially reported a link between Benzene and cases of leukemia in their workers, and the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration say that Benzene causes cancer) Sally Barnes- Soliz has reported to the offices of Texas regulators in Corpus Christi, about how Koch industries had lied about the amount of benzene that it put into the air. Federal laws in the 90s required the refineries Koch owns in Corpus Christi to reduce benzene emissions to less than 6 metric tons a year. Soliz said, "The refinery was just hemorrhaging benzene into the atmosphere" Koch's refining unit told the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) that they had installed, what is called a Thermatrix, which was an anti-pollution device, that used heat to burn off the Benzene. It was reported to Koch that the machine lacked enough capacity for the job, and the refinery disconnected it within days of installation. Koch concealed that it had violated the emissions laws. Soliz found 91 metric tons of uncontrolled benzene emissions, more than 15 times higher than what the Federal law allowed. Koch reported to Texas regulators that its Corpus Christi plant had uncontrolled emissions of 0.61 metric tons, that is 1/149th of the amount that was actually uncontrolled. A Federal court gave Koch Industries a 97 count indictment for the uncontrollable benzene, that is a $350 Million fine. Yet they only had to pay $20 Million fine, or 1 count indictment, because Koch worked with George W. Bush for a plea bargain. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com... Koch Industries manipulate the political process by buying anti-environmental politicians, which the politicians return the favor by trying to deregulate the EPA, which make Koch Industries money. Here is a list of a couple bought politicians who want to get rid of the EPA: Rep. Dan Boren, OK (D) - $37,000 from Koch Rep. Michele Bachmann, MN (R) - $25,000 from Koch Rep. Shelley Moore, VA (R) - $20,500 from Koch Sen, Kit Bond, MO (R) - $40,000 from Koch