Brown will not eschew science in decisions

Once again, Cathy McMorris Rogers is attempting to lower the allowable PCB pollution standards for the Spokane River. Does the importance of our river’s health vary depending on which party is in power?

Apparently so…especially if it’s the GOP. Protecting and valuing earning capacities of businesses rather than environmental considerations is the GOP method of operation.

Under Obama, the EPA set the higher standard at seven parts per quadrillion. This standard, embraced by environmental groups, the state’s native tribes that eat the fish, the governor, Spokane River Keeper and the city limits the amount of cancer-causing chemicals discharged.

In a letter to the state Department of Ecology, McMorris Rodgers stated that the “impossible standard …cannot be measured and is not based on sound science.” This is from the lady who believes the Biblical account of the Earth’s age…totally ignoring science.

The results of the upcoming election for representative will impact us greatly: EPA pollution standards, the threat to health care recipients, the future of Medicare and Medicaid, protection of the VA from privatization and the tariffs hurting farmers. Lisa Brown is local. She has lived and worked in Eastern Washington for decades. She knows, cares and is committed to our well-being.

Vote Lisa Brown.

Eileen Martin

Spokane