ENVIRONMENTALISTS QUESTION EPA DELAYS ON ARSENIC STANDARD

Environmental groups are charging that EPA delays in issuing a drinking water standard for arsenic are due to politics and not sound science. The environmentalists have leveled these charges as EPA unveils plans for its upcoming research strategy on the standard. Some in the environmental community believe this latest hitch is part of a larger EPA pattern of deferring implementation of the new Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), a charge agency officials deny. Last month, EPA decided to postpone promulgation...