89% Increase Cancer Causing Carcinogens Approved To Expand Nukes & Fracking
Channel: Strontium Milks
Date: 2016-07-29

Florida is about to get Fracked! Florida regulators voted to approve a new water quality standard Tuesday that will increase the amount of cancer-causing toxins allowed in Florida's rivers and streams under a plan the state says will protect more Floridians than current standards. The Environmental Regulation Commission voted 3-2 to approve a proposal drafted by state regulators that would increase the number of regulated chemicals from 54 to 92 allowed in rivers, streams and other sources of drinking water.

"We have not updated these parameters since 1992. It is more good than harm,'' said Cari Roth, a Tallahassee lawyer who represents developers on the commission and serves as its chair.

But the proposal, based on a one-of-a-kind scientific method developed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and nicknamed "Monte Carlo," is being vigorously criticized by environmental groups. They warn the new standard will allow polluters to dump dangerous amounts of chemicals in high concentrations into Florida waters before they trigger the limits of the new rule, and allow Florida to adhere to standards that are weaker than federal guidelines.

"Monte Carlo gambling with our children's safety is unacceptable,'' said Marty Baum of Indian Riverkeeper, an environmental group based in Indian River County.

Agency officials also defended the use of the Monte Carlo scientific method -- also known as “probabilistic analysis" -- saying it is more responsive to Florida variables by shielding people who consume large amounts of fish from the buildup of dangerous toxins.

The approach creates thousands of variables to calculate the health effects of being exposed to a lifetime of toxic chemicals by taking into consideration average body weight, drinking water consumption rate, fish and shellfish consumption rate, and the fat content of fish -- important because fat absorbs most of the toxins in seafood.

But during the seven-hour hearing in Tallahassee, more than three dozen members of the public, many representing environmental groups, raised concerns that the method, and the resulting state rule, is 80 to 90 percent less protective for most chemicals than the federal Environmental Protection Agency recommendations.

Environmentalists say they are suspicious that DEP has increased the levels of benzene, which is found in the wastewater of oil and gas fracking operations, in an effort to pave the way for fracking in Florida.

Under the proposal, the acceptable levels of toxins will be increased for more than two dozen known carcinogens

"So there is a lot of flexibility, depending on how they choose to apply the standard, that creates an exposure,'' she said.

The commission was scolded for not having its full complement of members while agreeing to reschedule the vote on the controversial rules from September to July.

As the commission was about to take a vote, John Moran, who identified himself as a graduate student from Stanford University, walked to the dias and sat in an open chair.

"The governor has spat on our decision process by keeping these seats vacant for over a year,'' he said. DEP security escorted him out and the commission voted.

Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/news/state/florida/article91983237.html#storylink=cpy

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