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Forget about being proactive...the EPA dumped the director because the business and industry lobby made it impossible to crack down on the polluters...check out the long article in the Tribune a few months ago. Now that Stephanie Hallock is no longer chief officer she might give the dope on her release.
I have called both EPA and DEQ and they were astounded to hear me ask why I cannot breathe...are they kidding? they need better screeners...all those huge salaries to tell me I am the first person who has called to complain? sounds like the DEQ needs some reshuffling.
The Monday program was a terrible letdown...only Paul from New Jersey seemed to have his finger on the pulse....there was not one word about the pollution wafting in from China every single day, and not just in Oregon, from BC down to Baja, and the Hermiston dump, the detonation of bombs that will last acc to NPR until 2014...thanks, State of Oregon....and the east wind that brings in enormous amounts of mercury....no wonder we are the number one state in the USA for autism, and second only to the southern states for STROKE....maybe we need more people coming down with deadly afflictions to shed some light on how toxic Oregon really is....time to get your heads out of the sand, people.
It has been years since Oregon was beautiful and green, and now that people are shortcutting what they eat so they can spend every spare minute in their cars.....notice how many cars have no one except the driver...bad policies with deadly consequences, and no end in sight...just more denial...this is only the beginning.

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