Bu$hWorld--The End Game

·        ... reverse the FDA recommendation that women of childbearing years, pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants and children restrict their consumption of fish because of widespread mercury contamination. The new recommendation is that they eat more fish, in spite of the mercury contamination.

·        ... set a “safe” level of consumption for melamine (the chemical that has poisoned cats and dogs in American and thousands of babies in China)--even though there has been no scientific testing done to determine what a “safe” level of consumption might be--if there is one.

·        ...claim there is no need to rid drinking water of perchlorate, a toxic rocket fuel ingredient found in at least 395 sites in 35 states at levels some scientists say could interfere with thyroid function and pose developmental health risks, particularly for babies and fetuses.

·        ...allow medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, janitors and maintenance personnel who work in healthcare facilities to refuse to provide any services or procedures they find morally objectionable. This may include abortion, artificial insemination, birth control, touching members of the opposite sex, shunning menstruating women; touching untouchables; and if your pharmacist happens to be a Christian Scientist--too bad--no medicine for you.

·        ...allow truckers to drive 11 consecutive hours and work up to 14 hours each day. (OMB Watch, 11/18/08) This is nearly identical to rules struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year.

·        ...“make it harder to regulate toxic substances and hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed on the job.”--New York Times, 11/30/08

·        ... withdraw a EPA regulation that mandated that truck manufacturers install pollution monitoring equipment on new vehicles.

·        ... accelerate judicial review for death sentences--thus speeding up executions and making errors more likely--even though DNA evidence has proved we are often wrong.

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