Pensieri di un lunatico minore

Would you like bottled or perchlorate?

In its continuing string of “f*ck you America” in the closing days, the Bush “administration” has decided that perchlorate is good for you:

Among the Bush administration’s final environmental legacies will be a decision to exempt perchlorate, a known neurotoxin found at unsafe levels in the drinking water of millions of Americans, from federal regulation.

The ruling, proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency in October, was supposed to be formalized on Monday. That deadline passed, but the agency expects to announce its decision by the year’s end, before president-elect Barack Obama takes office. It could take years to reverse.

Critics accuse the EPA of ignoring expert advice and basing their decision on an abstract model of perchlorate exposure, rather than existing human data.

Eh, what’s a little rocket fuel between friends? It’s not like that’s the only finger this criminals are giving the country on their way out:

The ruling is one of dozens planned for the final days of the Bush administration. Others include a relaxing of air pollution standards for aging power plants, and a reduction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s traditional role in evaluating the impact of federal projects on endangered species.

I mean, their stewardship of the financial markets, and our foreign policy has been such a resounding success, let’s just let them do their “thing” with the rest of the country.