Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Democrats Make Bizarre Request to BP (NYSE:BP) Concerning Public Health Response

In a weird attempt to micro-manage BP in their public health response, Democratic Reps. Lois Capps (D-Calif) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a letter to BP CEO Tony Hayward, requesting he stop using a particular private contractor named Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH).

The letter actually cites environmental shill site Greenwire, saying the company has a "a history ... of releasing findings defending the corporate interests that employ them," said the duo.

“By using CTEH, BP is putting its own bottom line ahead of the public’s health. Obtaining accurate and trustworthy data is critical to launching an effective public health response. BP needs to fire CTEH and hire a firm without such a questionable track record."

In other words, at the behest of Greenwire, these Democrats want them to remove the private contractor because they don't give them the politically correct response to their tests.

It's controversial because they don't shill for the radical environmentalists is what it sounds like.

This has got to be one of the stupidest and most irrelevant moves by the Democrats since the oil accident happened.

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