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Tune in Tuesday at 1:00pm EDT to Honesty Without Fear on Progressive Radio Network.

Guest Host Dr. David Lewis interviews fellow EPA whistleblower William Sanjour about his recent article "Designed to Fail: Why Regulatory Agencies Don't Work" in Independent Science News. Mr. Sanjour uses his 30 years of experience at the EPA to not only explain the problem, but also to offer some solutions. One of those solutions is to better protect the whistleblowers who raise concerns. Listen to Lewis and Sanjour discuss why administrative regulations are broken and why they failed to prevent events like the BP Oil Disaster.

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Today, Independent Science News published an article by William Sanjour, an EPA whistleblower and NWC Board Member.

In “Designed to Fail: Why Regulatory Agencies Don’t Work,” Mr. Sanjour uses his 30 years of experience at the EPA to not only explain the problem, but also to offer some solutions. One of his suggested solutions is to better protect whistleblowers.

“Congress ought to consider not merely protecting whistle blowers, but rewarding them. When a whistle blower’s charges prove correct, they should be given a cash reward in proportion to the importance of the revelation. Whistle blowers cost much less and are far more effective than salaried government enforcement officials.”

Mr. Sanjour’s article does a great job of explaining why administrative regulations are broken and why they failed to prevent the BP Oil Disaster and the loss of 25 miners’ lives in West Virginia.

“Compare this [EPA enforcement procedures] with what happens when you park under a “No Parking” sign. A policeman writes a ticket, and you can either pay the fine or tell it to the judge. If the EPA wrote the rules for parking violations, the officer would first have to determine if there were sufficient legal parking available at a reasonable cost and at a reasonable distance, and would then have to stand by the car and wait until the owner showed up so that he could negotiate a settlement agreement.”

Mr. Sanjour points out what we know to be true. Employees are the number one way to detect and deter fraud. Therefore, to find fraud you have to protect employees.

Please take a few minutes to read Mr. Sanjour’s article. It will be time well spent.

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NWC's Board of Director member Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo was interviewed by Travis Smiley last night on PBS about her book NO FEAR: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at EPA.  

Watch Author Marsha Coleman-Adebayo on PBS. See more from TAVIS SMILEY.

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Tune in tomorrow at 1:00pm EDT to Honesty Without Fear on Progressive Radio Network.

In the first half hour, Steve Kohn and Lindsey Williams discuss the status of environmental whistleblower protections and how listeners can help by taking action.

In the second half hour, Richard Renner interviews Dr. David Lewis, a highly respected research microbiologist, about scientific integrity and his experience blowing the whistle on the EPA’s policy of promoting the land application of sewage sludge on farmland.

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Protestors from a wide range of organizations led by Occupy DC, the No FEAR Coalition, the National Whistleblowers Center, net-We.org, Federal Alliance for Workplace Accountability, and others will demonstrate against the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, November 10 at noon.

The demonstration will gather at noon at Freedom Plaza before proceeding to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lay wreaths at EPA's door symbolizing: how EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and her Administration continues to pursue and destroy the careers of whistleblowers and victims of discrimination; the illness and deaths from upper respiratory diseases that will occur as a result of President Obama’s decision to delay smog regulations; and solidarity with South African vanadium mine workers.

Led by E.P.A. whistleblower Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, the protest is directed against the EPA for the agency’s harassment of whistleblowers and victims of discrimination. Dr. Coleman-Adebayo stated, “The Jackson Administration has actively retaliated against whistleblowers and allowed her lawyers and managers to destroy their careers preventing these ‘citizens of conscience’ from protecting the public." In addition, the protestors criticize President Obama for bowing to pressure to postpone changes to the Clean Air Act to protect Americans from smog and other dangerous pollution.

Dr. Coleman-Adabayo discussed the protest event with Dave Colapinto on yesterday's episode of Honesty Without Fear. You can listen to the recorded podcast by clicking here.

Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center, who will be speaking at the demonstration, stated that, "The incestuous relationship between regulators and special interests have fundamentally undermined public safety. In today’s environment fraud is profitable. This must end. We must protect the employees who have the courage to speak up."

Please join us on Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC at 12:00 pm EST on Thursday, November 10th to help us protest the EPA’s treatment of whistleblowers.

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