Read the full article by Craig Pittman (Florida Phoenix).
“A couple of millennia ago, when I was in elementary school, the teachers dispatched us kids to sell chocolate bars to support our school. That’s how I learned one of the basic principles of salesmanship: Make sure you hit the houses on BOTH sides of the street.
Even the creepy ones that you try to avoid on Halloween.
Some Florida firms have clearly taken that lesson to heart. According to a publication called The New Lede, they’ve found a way to work both for and against one of the nastiest chemical pollutants in history.
‘Several major US lobby firms that are working for chemical industry interest groups to fight against strict regulation of harmful ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water are also representing local governments wrestling with health and water quality issues stemming from the contamination,’ the story reported.
The New Lede’s story is based on a study from a group called F-Minus.”…