Reply #24: The Seattle P-I had the story this morning. I wrote a LttE in response [View All]

I have to wonder if the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will have the courage in the near future to run articles about how the policies of the current administration are making skin and other cancers far more common than they ever have been in the past.

The White House and Congress have refused to require that power generating plants adhere to emissions standards, with the result that thousands of tons of carcinogens are ejected into the air above the United States every year. The White House and Congress have refused to ban MTBE and other known carcinogenic additives to gasoline. The White House and Congress have refused to take action toward mitigating the destruction of the ozone layer. The White House and Congress have dragged their feet in cleaning up toxic waste "Superfund" sites around the country. The White House and Congress have admitted to using highly toxic depleted uranium in the mass bombings of Afghanistan and Iraq.

When, pray tell, will this and the thousands of cancer related illnesses these cause every year merit an above-the-fold lead article?

(signed, etc.)