Deadly documents The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has posted on the Internet 50 years of internal chemical company documents exposing their coverups in polluting the air, water and soil with deadly substances. The documents, which can be viewed on the EWG web site at www.ewg.org, buttressed a Bill Moyers special, "Trade Secrets," which aired on PBS March 26. Interviewed on the program were men and women who are dying from cancer caused by exposure to deadly emissions from the chemical plants. Not mentioned is the "Dirty Money Tracker" on the EWG website, which exposes that George W. Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Interior Secretary Gale Norton and other officials received millions of dollars in chemical corporation campaign contributions in the 2000 elections. Like the tobacco corporations, these chemical monopolies have known for decades that they were poisoning their workers and millions of other people and conspired among themselves to keep it secret. Part of the conspiracy is sending hired guns like Bush to Washington. Bush wasted no time making profitable payoffs to the Republicans' chemical cronies. At the request of the oil and petrochemical monopolies, Bush reversed his promise to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the main cause of global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency earlier this month rescinded a Clinton administration order to increase public information on the dangers of chemical plant accidents such as Union Carbide's disaster in Bhopal, India, which killed or injured many thousands. The Bush-Cheney gang cited "national security concerns" for their gag order. Obviously, the real threat to national security is the greedy chemical industry. It is a good argument for passage of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill to outlaw so-called "soft money" contributions.
