Health.com reports that Early last week, news broke that the Trump administration had issued an information blackout for the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency was directed to stop issuing press releases, posting to their social media pages, and speaking to members of the press or directly to the public. Experts have serious concerns about the EPA’s uncertain future, and its policies regarding clean air, clean water, and climate change—all things that inevitably affect human health. But in addition to its research and environmental clean-up efforts, the EPA also communicates with the public about issues directly related to health and safety. For example, its Facebook page includes posts (pre-January 20) about the dangers of wood-smoke inhalation, carbon monoxide poisoning, and radon—a gas that’s present in many homes and causes lung cancer. If these types of media bans were to extend to other science agencies, the impacts on our health would likely be even greater. The CDC, for example, monitors the spread of illness and disease all over the world. http://bit.ly/2jMZQgz http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com
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1/30/17
Trump's Science Information Blackout Scares Experts #okc #news #wth
Health.com reports that Early last week, news broke that the Trump administration had issued an information blackout for the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency was directed to stop issuing press releases, posting to their social media pages, and speaking to members of the press or directly to the public. Experts have serious concerns about the EPA’s uncertain future, and its policies regarding clean air, clean water, and climate change—all things that inevitably affect human health. But in addition to its research and environmental clean-up efforts, the EPA also communicates with the public about issues directly related to health and safety. For example, its Facebook page includes posts (pre-January 20) about the dangers of wood-smoke inhalation, carbon monoxide poisoning, and radon—a gas that’s present in many homes and causes lung cancer. If these types of media bans were to extend to other science agencies, the impacts on our health would likely be even greater. The CDC, for example, monitors the spread of illness and disease all over the world. http://bit.ly/2jMZQgz http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com
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