Yea, and god luv the courts; the Canadian Government (Department of Health)
banned it in Canada, and the manufacturer went to GATT and had the ban
declared an unfair restriction of trade. The US government threatened
retalitory sanctions against agricultural products (obviously a related
industry, NOT) so its available for sale here. Nice to see that the US
Government thinks that whats unsafe at home is fine for someone else. Oh
well, most of the poluted Canadian water will end up in the US anyway :-)
Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Shook [mailto:gary.shook@wcom.com]
Sent: July 27, 1999 5:37 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: end of MTBE
So they've poisoned the water supply in an effort to make the air
cleaner.... I love our Government.
>Check this out:
>http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/science/072799sci-epa-gasoline
.html?Partner=HMCNewsRefId=ZOPjxYEutttnwFwK
>
>The EPA is halting MTBE, the oxygenater that reduces mileage. Apparently
>it is easily spread into underground water supplies from spilled gasoline
>and has been identified as a carcinogen.
>
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