Profit vs Public Health
Ref. page # 45 of Strange Science, copyright 2017, Portable Press
* Bruce Boler was a water quality specialist with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He was assigned to Southwest Florida in 2001 to assess the impact of development in and around the area wetlands. In the course of his work he refused several permits for golf course developments because of pollutants the developments would discharge into sensitive wetland areas.
* Outraged developers funded their own “Scientific” studies, which determined that developments such as golf courses were actually better for the environment than natural wetlands. Amazingly, in 2003 the EPA accepted the studies.
* Boler immediately resigned, calling the findings absurd, and went public with the information. He now works at Florida’s Everglades National Park.
NO COMMON SENSE
ANALYZE THE EXAMPLE
* Which supports and barriers were in play?
* What were the dynamics?
* Who, or What, won the Tug-of-War?
* Discuss the outcome with your friends and family.
* Use Post #4 as a reference for the relationships and dynamics between supports and barriers.
