Never let a good crisis go to waste huh @Syngenta?
About 7 months after the pesticide company asked for – and was denied – a permanent reprieve from monitoring for #atrazine in waterways, Syngenta asked @EPA for a temporary reprieve due to the pandemic
…and EPA granted it
A better company might say “Let’s stop using this poison until we can safely monitor levels in the rivers that supply people's drinking water”
Syngenta said “Let us keep profiting off of this poison and let us off the hook from showing you just how much we’re polluting”
The first request to permanently suspend the AEEMP program (which EPA actually granted in part by reducing the monitoring requirements)
regulations.gov/document?D=EPA…
The second request to temporarily suspend the program
regulations.gov/document?D=EPA…
And EPA’s granting of the temporary suspension request
regulations.gov/document?D=EPA…
Right about now is when you’d start seeing those really high atrazine spikes in the water that scares the hell out of any scientist that doesn’t get paid, directly or indirectly, by the pesticide industry
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