EXCLUSIVE: Puerto Rico Is Full Of ‘Open Dumps’ Ripe For Spreading Zika, And EPA’s Ignoring Them
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Michael Bastasch
9:50 PM 08/21/2016
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FILE: June 2, 2014: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at a news conference in Washington, D.C. (REUTERS ) FILE: June 2, 2014: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at a news conference in Washington, D.C. (REUTERS )
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ignored numerous reports that most of Puerto Rico’s landfills are out of compliance with federal law, and some could even become breeding grounds for mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus, according to a new report.
“These landfills provide the perfect environment for Zika mosquitoes to reproduce,” Hiram Torres Montalvo, a Puerto Rican attorney and author of a report on the state of the island’s landfills, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
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