Thread: EPA: Breath causes cancer simultaneously warming the planet

So our breath is simultaneously causing cancer and warming the planet

EPA: Breath causes cancer

- Steve Milloy
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

We’d like to spotlight a interesting statement from the American Chemistry Council made in response to last week’s trashing of the EPA formaldehyde risk assessment by the National Research Council. http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpin ... rdID=13142

The ACC observed:

“The levels of formaldehyde at which most people are exposed are not high enough to cause adverse health effects, according to the large body of research available. In its draft assessment, EPA proposes setting a cancer risk value significantly below the levels that occur naturally in the environment. For example, [the World Health Organization] reports people produce formaldehyde in their bodies and exhale it in the range of less than 0.8 to 8 parts per billion. EPA’s proposed cancer risk value of 0.008 parts per billion would suggest that human breath poses an unacceptable risk of cancer; yet, experience and science tell us that couldn’t possibly be the case.

So our breath is simultaneously causing cancer and warming the planet.

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/35472

Opening Statement of Senator James M. Inhofe

Oversight Hearing on Domestic Renewable Fuels: From Ethanol to Advanced Biofuels

- EPW Blog
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Link to Opening Statement http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... &Issue_id=

Link to Inhofe EPWWebpage: Providing Responsible Oversight of Federal Ethanol Policy http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... 933c71fa53

I’d first like to thank the Chairman for holding this timely hearing. I’m working on introducinga simple bill that responds to the increasing call for more consumer choice to purchase ethanol-free gasoline. http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... &Issue_id= Simply put, my bill is a compromise that allows a State to opt out of the corn ethanol portions of the renewable fuel standard - if you want to use ethanol you can use it.

To opt out, a State must pass a bill, signed by the governor, stating its choice. The opt-out would be recognized by the Administrator of the EPA, who would then reduce the amount of the national corn ethanol mandate by the percentage amount approved by the State in question.

This legislation would allow a State to opt-out of only the corn ethanol mandate. It would not affect other portions of the renewable fuel standard, such as the cellulosic or advanced biofuels volumetric requirements.

With the passage of the 2007 energy bill, http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin ... nr.txt.pdf I believe Congress blundered in pushing too much corn ethanol too fast. http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... 86AB3A16BA Ethanol has serious problems, including its compatibility with existing engines, its environmental sustainability, as well as its transportation and infrastructure needs. These problems have galvanized an unusual coalition against corn-based ethanol. Opponents http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... &Issue_id= range from Friends of the Earth and the Environmental Working Group to the National Marine Manufacturers Association and the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association.

This overly aggressive ethanol mandate has also led to a particularly pronounced consumer backlash in my home state of Oklahoma, where one convenience store chain experienced a 30 percent drop in fuel sales once they began selling fuel blended at E-10 levels.

Despite the drawbacks of today’s corn-based ethanol mandates, I do support a role for ethanol and other biofuels. The idea that we can grow and produce biofuels all over the country - not just in the Midwest - is something worth pursuing - and that’s why I support research into a variety of advanced feedstocks and alternatives such as algae, bio-butanol, cellulosic, natural gas, and other options.

I believe America’s energy supply should be stable, clean, diverse, and affordable. Continued development of home-grown biofuels translates into energy security and creates jobs and economic growth in America.

On that note, I look forward to working with each of you to explore the unintended consequences of this mandate and how we can improve the Renewable Fuel Standard. http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... eaf22c15b2

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/35471

Inhofe Announces Plans to Introduce CornEthanol Reform Legislation Soon

EPW hearing highlights problems with corn ethanol mandate

- EPW Blog
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Click Here To See More Pictures of Ethanol-Free Signs from Oklahoma Mentioned by Inhofe at Hearing http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid= ... aid=289080

Link to Press Release http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... &Issue_id=

Watch: Inhofe Hearing Statement: Consumers Deserve Ethanol-Free Gasoline Choice at the Pump http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... &Issue_id=

Watch: Inhofe Discusses Need for Ethanol-Free Gasoline At Senate Hearing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE93OKde ... ideo_title

Washington, D.C.-Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, welcomed today’s EPW Committee hearing on federal ethanol policy, which was held at his request.

“I want to thank Chairman Boxer for holding this important oversight hearing today on federal ethanol policy,â€

Environmental Protection Agency,

A Majority of the House and Senate Vote to Limit EPA’s Regulations

- Institute for Energy Research
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Last week, both the House and Senate voted on legislation to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating carbon dioxide emissions. The House passed the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910) by an overwhelming bipartisan majority. The Senate, however, was unable to pass similar legislation, even though over the course of various votes a total of 64 Senators voted to limit EPA’s authority in one way or another.

The mood of the country is clearly shifting against the President’s agenda of increasing energy prices by regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. During the campaign, the President said that “under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.â€

The epa doesn't seem to have a problem with us breathing when were breathing in radiation, in fact, they want to raise the levels that we can breath in. They don't seem to have a problem with radiation in the water, milk or in the food we eat either. And where were they when all the tons of trash and garbage was being dumped on our southern border for all these years and still is being dumped there by illegals.

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/ ... -Trash.htm

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/03/epa ... scure.html