Energy and Environment

Michigan’s Dan Kildee blasts Scott Pruitt for refusing to release study on dangerous chemicals

By Josh Siegel
Published May 22, 2018 7:03pm ET
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Michigan’s Dan Kildee blasts Scott Pruitt for refusing to release study on dangerous chemicals
Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the state of the EPA during a protest by the American Federation of Government Employees union, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington. | (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Michigan Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee on Tuesday rejected a contention by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt that his agency can’t release a study on the dangers of chemicals in the water supply.

Kildee, in a May 14 letter, demanded the EPA and Department of Health and Human Services release a federal study that found a class of chemicals that have contaminated water supplies are harmful to human health at lower levels than the EPA previously deemed safe.

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