EPA rejects proposed ban on lead sinkers, fishing tackle

Press of Atlantic City ^ | November 4, 2010 | Richard Degener

[jazusamo]

The EPA got one right and it may be a result of the election.

[driftdiver]

Shouldn’t even have been under consideration

[Berlin_Freeper]

Do they expect this fish to jump into your bucket?

[jazusamo]

Exactly, it’s a non issue to everyone but the enviro nazis.

[jazusamo]

Please bump the Freepathon and donate or become a monthly donor!

[screaminsunshine]

Defund EPA.

[kabar]

And we should be happy about that? EPA should not even be involved in such questions.

[Inyo-Mono]

I can’t believe it! Good call by the EPA. Birds are not eating lead weights anyway, nor are they eating lead bullets and shot which does NOT leech into the ground.

[American Constitutionalist]

" Shouldn’t even have been under consideration "

There are a lot of things that this government has done that should never have been considered.

[American Constitutionalist]

If they had their way, they would not want you to go fishing at all.

[jazusamo]

You’re exactly right. The example given by the enviro nazi in the article about the lead weight still on the line with the hook in the bill of a bird is typical of how nuts these people are. The bird wasn’t after the lead weight, it was after the bait on the hook.

[goldfinch]

The decision was immediately praised by fishing groups worried lead substitutes would cost more and be less effective in catching fish.

I understand the 'cost more' but why would a steel (or another lead substitute) be less effective in catching fish? My logical mind wants to know....

[jazusamo]

I’ve no idea unless they were referring to anglers making there own lures and casting weights like was pointed out in another part of the piece.

[Maverick68]

Millions of fisherman like myself were going to ignore the (proposed) ban as well....

[SC_Pete]

My thoughts exactly. Committee hearings.

[unixfox]

Maybe the enviro nazis have been inhaling too much lead paint?

[exDemMom]

I remember Dr. Michael Fry from UC Davis. We worked in the same building and may have been in the same department.

I’m surprised at the EPA decision, especially since the EPA seems hellbent on regulating a naturally occurring gas. There are issues with lead—but until there are good alternatives, stopping its use should not be mandated.

The problem when a supposedly scientific agency is headed by a political appointee is that politics usually prevails over science.

[jazusamo]

You nailed the problem, the EPA has become mostly all about politics.

[Cold Heart]

Yup. Lefty EPA knows the’re skating on thin ice now.