Energy and Environment

EPA slams Associated Press for reporting ‘radiation may be healthy’

By John Siciliano
Published October 3, 2018 7:10pm ET
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EPA slams Associated Press for reporting ‘radiation may be healthy’
In this photo taken July 11, 2016, a sign warns of radioactive material stored underground on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Energy Department’s top official at Washington state’s severely contaminated nuclear reservation says future accidental nuclear radiation releases are likely because of aging site infrastructure and inadequate cleanup funding. Hundreds were evacuated May 9, 2017 when the roof of a 1950s rail tunnel storing a lethal mix of waste from plutonium production collapsed. Tests show no radiation was released. | (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The Environmental Protection Agency says the Associated Press got it wrong when it reported the agency claimed a “little radiation may be healthy” in a proposal to roll back radiation standards.

“If you used AP’s inaccurate reporting from October 2nd on EPA’s radiation standards you should want to immediately correct your stories to stop the spread of alarming misinformation,” EPA warned Wednesday in a statement after the AP issued a correction.

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