Tag: EPA
Bloodletting/Blood-lead-ing
It’s happening again. Lead poisoning from historic contamination, children’s lives irreparably harmed — in a Midwestern low-income community overseen by the same EPA office that presided over the Flint lead …
On Knowing and Not Knowing
I had a number of cases over the course of my brief regulatory career that involved environmental atrocities. A metal finishing facility, for instance, that had once discharged its acidic …
A Walk in Hoosick Falls
Forsaken storefronts line the street, mostly empty but for my reflection in the windows. A few merchants remain — a children’s resale shop, a hair salon — glimpses of pride …
When Water Hurts
I am a public utility girl, born and raised on municipal water — and I, like millions of Americans, took solace in the systems that were established to ensure the …
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