According to a report released by the inspector general for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a Trump administration official reportedly delayed the publication of information about a chemical that has been linked to health issues – including cancer – in Illinois, according to a report released by the inspector general for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to that report, officials delayed the public release of information about the risks of a chemical called ethylene oxide in Willowbrook, Ill, The Hill reports. It appears that more and more details of the misdeeds within the Trump administration will continue for quite a while.
The EPA inspector general found that Bill Wehrum, who ran the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation, buried data about cancer risks from the chemical, according to The Intercept. “But Wehrum, who was not mentioned by name but referred to as ‘then-assistant administrator for air and radiation,’ directed the regional administrator not to release the results to the public, according to the report,” the outlet reports. “Before serving as head of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, Wehrum was a lobbyist who represented chemical and oil companies.” Of course, he was.
Apparently, to be part of the Trump administration, you have to have the traits of a villainous cartoon character. This is some pretty serious stuff, and it didn’t go down well on the Internet.
It. Never. Ends.
— Blue Girl (@BlueGirlRules1) April 15, 2021
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OMG.. can’t imagine all the crimes we don’t yet know about..
— MadMerlin✨ᶜʰʳᶦˢ ᴹᵒʳʳᶦˢ (@MadMerlin5) April 15, 2021
The pointless risk to public health by the Trump administration is staggering!!
— Wildfire (@LonesomeMoe) April 15, 2021
This pig never really cared about the well-being of the people
— Ginko (@ginkodev) April 15, 2021
All the VILE things he did coming out….being uncovered like rolling over a log to see all the nasty critters scurrying away.
— 💙Good Golly🇺🇸Miss Molly💙𝘽.𝙎. 𝙁𝘾𝙎 𝘾𝙏𝙀 (@GGMM_2020) April 15, 2021
The incompetant buffoon and his corrupt cronies are clueless criminals.
— Bob Loblaw (@BobLobl38583750) April 15, 2021
And the @GOP is still following this man knowing he failed to protect Americans from death!
“The instructions from OAR ultimately hindered Region 5’s ability to protect human health from ethylene oxide emissions in a timely manner,” the report said.— cc (@Justice03549592) April 15, 2021
I can’t even keep track here, but Trump supporters are now pro-cancer, pro-disease, anti-mask, pro-Russia, and anti-science. It’s no wonder that they support the most incompetent administration in US history with a president at the helm who completely bungled his response to the coronavirus pandemic that’s taken over 572,000 American lives.
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