EPA says Superfund sites around Houston aren't accessible to its personnel. AP got to seven of them.

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4. Any way you look at it decades of reduced funding by Rethugs in Congress are the real cause.

The cuts were to enforcement and monitoring budgets. And then there was interference in the scope of oversight and attempts to let the original polluters off the hook.

Yes, today it seems they aren't doing the job well at all. It took a long time to get it this bad and a lot of influence behind the scenes to whittle down the agency. Many well greased palms on BOTH sides of the aisle paved the way for today's lack of effort.

If you are going to assign blame make sure you name ALL of the players involved.