Bush EPA Plans For Dramatically Relaxing Radiation Protection
Before Leaving Office

Oct. 30 – Plans to greatly increase permissible public exposures from a wide range of events resulting in release of radioactivity were condemned today by scores of organizations and individuals in a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson.  A detailed report by Committee to Bridge the Gap reveals, radionuclide by radionuclide, the astronomical concentrations of radioactive contamination in drinking water proposed, which are orders of magnitude higher than EPA's longstanding drinking water limits.

The internal confidential EPA draft can be read here.  Previous correspondence criticizing the Dept. of Homeland Security's "Dirty Bomb" Protective Action Guides - Relaxed Cleanup Standards can be viewed here and here.

For more information, contact Dan Hirsch at 831-336-8003 or email:   contact.cbg@gmail.com
CBG's Press Release is available HERE

(Note:  all items are in PDF format)

• Report on Relaxed Radioactivity Drinking Water Standards
  
• Group Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson Opposing Weakening of Radiation Protections, 10-30-08
  
• Previous Correspondence on "Dirty Bomb" Protective Action Guides - Relaxed Cleanup Standards
  
• Superfund Groups' Correspondence on Dirty Bomb PAGs
  
• EPA Draft Protective Action Guides for Radioactivity