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Articles AP: New dioxin rules might force more cleanups HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Dioxin Rules Could Hurt Recovery FORBES: Is The EPA About To Shut Down Urban Renewal Across The U.S.? THE OKLAHOMAN: EPA's dioxin regulations try to solve a problem that doesn't exist THE HUFFINGTON POST: Setting the Record Straight on Dioxin Comments
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Proposed EPA Dioxin Policy Threatens Urban Revitalization and Could Undermine Confidence in the U.S. Food Supply Brownfields are turning cities across America green with economic development and fueling redevelopment. Even after decades of successful efforts to significantly reduce dioxin exposures, the Environmental Protection Agency threatens to undercut all of this economic development by issuing questionable new standards on dioxin. The new standards could require a reevaluation of already-redeveloped sites and would jeopardize prospects for undeveloped sites. Municipalities have calculated that brownfields redevelopment could create up to 230,000 jobs and generate billions in additional sorely-needed municipal tax revenue. Ignoring the most recent peer-reviewed research, the EPA claims that small traces of dioxin that are well within acceptable background levels would pose a significant health risk. These conclusions have been criticized by leading scientific authorities. By declaring even background traces of dioxin a threat, the EPA’s proposed standards would make it nearly impossible to redevelop existing brownfields and also could force the clean-up of sites long ago declared safe. The U.S Conference of Mayors has stated that the proposed standards would have a "chilling" effect on a city's ability to redevelop brownfield sites. According to state regulatory officials in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas, as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the new levels could have serious impacts on the economy and state and municipal budgets, not to mention public confidence in the U.S. food supply. The American Chemistry Council and other government agencies - including the Department of Defense, USDA, and NASA – also are among those who have raised red flags about the potential impacts and unintended consequences of EPA’s dioxin proposals. Even the National Academy of Sciences has been critical of the EPA’s scientific approach to assessing the risks of dioxin exposure.
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