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U.S. Congress is urged to protect environment from methyl tertiary butyl ether
Published in Health and Medicine Week, October 6th, 2003
On behalf of Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, Kathleen A. McGinty of the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) urged Congress to oppose the inclusion of a "safe harbor" provision in U.S. energy legislation that essentially would grant manufacturers of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) immunity from claims that the fuel additive is "defective in design or manufacture" and affect efforts to clean up groundwater and surface water contaminated by MTBE.
"If Congress decides to determine by legislative fiat what is or is not defective, it sets a precedent that in effect renders irrelevant any legitimate, substantial scientific and medical evidence...
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