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Jeff Ruch of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility joins us to discuss the EPA’s moves to raise the Protective Action Guidelines (PAGs) for radiation exposure, including leaked emails showing a bitter internal dispute over the issue in 2010.
Documentation
| Documentation – RADIATION EXPOSURE DEBATE RAGES INSIDE EPA | |
| Description: | 2010 report on internal EPA debate over radiation exposure PAGs. |
| Link To: | PEER.org |
| Documentation – Environmentalists Allege EPA Has Plan to Raise Acceptable Post Japanese Accident Levels for Food & Water | |
| Description: | 2011 report on PAG debate in wake of Fukushima. |
| Link To: | huntingtonnews.com |
| Documentation – EPA Administator Gives Go-Ahead on PAGs – mid 2010 | |
| Description: | Mid-2010 e-mail relating that decision had been made by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to finalize the PAgs. |
| Link To: | The Corbett Report |
| Documentation – EPA Letter Denying FOIA on PAG Decision | |
| Description: | A March 2011 letter from the EPA claiming it did not have any decision documents relating to the PAG decision. |
| Link To: | The Corbett Report |
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