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SpaceX accused of dumping mercury into Texas waters for years
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I think this discrepancy may have been caused by a typo in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report.
Texas allows pollutors to self-report in "good faith". Why would we give any credence at all to a self-report (or hired self-report)?
If the EPA or TCEQ didn't measure it themselves during an unscheduled visit, then all measurements should be disregarded.
If the TCEQ measured it, the EPA needs to double check their work. The typos in the report are a cause for concern, and the Texas agency needs to be put under scrutiny.
So you still think there's a mercury problem?
Interesting, glaring red flag and no one caught it, or cared, until someone made a stink about it. Credit where credit's due, that's what journalism does. This tells me there were zero eyes that cared on this entire permit process.
Can you stop spamming the fucking thread.
Wow.
I wonder what CNBC is gonna say about that.
That's pretty embarrassing if that's what happened partially triggering this article.
Also that poor person who wrote the report up is probably going to get an earful too now.
If they have integrity, they'll issue a retraction/correction. However, I do not have high hopes.
LOL, yeah. I bet they never expected their report to get blown out of proportion to this extent.