Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt guzzle contaminated water Wednesday following reports the EPA tried to bury a federal study into toxic chemicals in American water supplies.
“I’m a simple guy so I have a simple remedy when people like Pruitt ignore or hide pollution: if you don’t have a problem with Americans drinking contaminated drinking water, drink it yourself until you tap out or resign,” Schwarzenegger wrote on Twitter Wednesday.
I’m a simple guy so I have a simple remedy when people like Pruitt ignore or hide pollution: if you don’t have a problem with Americans drinking contaminated drinking water, drink it yourself until you tap out or resign. https://t.co/RwPpGJPthE
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) May 16, 2018
Schwarzenegger’s comments follow a Politico report Monday into how the EPA and the White House attempted to block the publication of the study because it would be a “public relations nightmare.”
The study found that chemicals in some water supplies were harmful to human health at lower levels than the EPA previously deemed safe.
The controversy surrounding the study is another challenge facing embattled Pruitt. There are now 12 federal investigations involving Pruitt’s spending, ethics, hiring, and security decisions, including one made public Tuesday.
The latest probe is looking into Pruitt’s use of multiple email addresses and whether federal records requests are searching all of his accounts.
