at the chemical safety board, they have denied the epa inspector general, mr. elkins, access to certain documents on the basis of attorney-client privilege. but who is the attorney and what is the privilege? mr. elkins is in fact the same entity that is in fact the client. he is in fact part of the defined client, which of course is the epa. further, several offices within the epa itself, including the epa office of homeland security have interfered with the oig's investigations themselves. and perhaps most disturbing to me personally, and i spoke to the vice president last night and i believe he was equally disturbed. at the peace corps, they have refused to provide the inspector general, ms. fuller, access to information related to sexual assaults on peace corps volunteers absent a memorandum of understanding. let's understand, last night, we honored and celebrated the 20th anniversary of the enactment of violence against women, designed to do just the act opposite, to ask women to come forward and report their assaults. if in fact the ig cannot oversee a pos

requiring such permission compromises and impedes the ig is investigation and a chemical safety boardied the inspector general access to certain documents on the basis of attorney-client privilege. but who is the attorney and what is the privilege? mr. alton is the same entity that is still in fact a client. he is in part of the client of the epa. further, including the epa office of homeland security, have interfered with these themselves. most disturbing to me personally , i spoke to the vice president last night, and i think that he was deeply disturbed, at the peace corps that they have refused to provide the inspector general for access to information related to sexual assault corps volunteers abstinent absent with the memorandum. so let's understand. we honored and celebrated the 20th anniversary of violence against women enactment, designs do just the opposite, to it ask women to come forward and report the assault. and if the ig cannot oversee a pattern of failure to protect women. , then we need to ask women to come forward with a record of their assault. in all instances, it

at the chemical safety board, they have denied the e.p.a. inspector general, mr. elkins who is with us today. access to certain documents on the basis of attorney client privilege. but who is the attorney and what is the privilege? mr. elkins, is, in fact, the same entity that is the client. he is, in fact, part of the defined client. several offices within the e.p.a. itself, within the office of homeland security have interfered with the oig's investigations themselves. and perhaps most disturbing to me personally, and i spoke to the vice president last night, and i believe he was equally disturbed at the peace corps. they have refused to provide the inspector general access to information related to sexual assaults on peace corps volunteers absent a memorandum of understanding. let's understand last night we honored and celebrated the 20th anniversary of the enactment of violence against women. designed to do just the exact opposite. to ask women to come forward and report their assaults. if, in fact, the i.g. cannot oversee a possible pattern of failure to prot

chemical safety board, numerous other oversight bodies that have looked at this disaster to say, thissn't just a threat in this case, but rather another deepwater horizon-like disaster is not a question of if, but when, given much broader problems within the industry, including the very specific problem with the blowout preventer itself. >> in the judge's ruling, halliburton came off pretty lightly. the judge ruled that bp was 67% responsible for the catastrophe, that transocean was 30% responsible for the catastrophe, and halliburton only 3%. your sense of the relative guilt of the parties involved here? >> that is really a determination about the fact that bp is ultimately the leaseholder and operator and is -- ultimately bears the responsibility. halliburton's founder performed with negligence and to have made decisions that were illegal and were simply not appropriate for ensuring the safety of this well. and halliburton is the largest of the service countries in the world, certainly one of the largest an offshore oil department. the fact it is making really basic decisions egregi

. >> congress has also charged you with overseeing the chemical safety board, which i want to ask youabout. you discuss in your testimony along-term dispute with the csb. you also identify before the committee in june -- testified about that issue. your office is investigating use of personal e-mail accounts by senior csb officials to conduct official business. is that right? >> that is correct, sir. >> on september 5, 2013, you sent a 7-day letter to the csb seeking e-mail records. the csb refused to provide. this is the only 7-day letter you have issued in your tenure as inspector general, is that right? >> that's correct. >> how long you have been inspector general? >> over four years now. >> after the committee's hearings, csb provided some documents but on july 8, however, you informed the committee that csb still had not fully complied with your request. you are said the document -- you said the documents they provided were not fully responsive, the attachments were not provided and some documents were redacted, is that right? >> that is correct. >> more recently csb has provide

boarding passes and ticket for trains, movies and sporting events. they are often printed on thermal paper and that means they likely contain bpa. >> b pa is a chemical that raises safety concerns because it is link to an increased risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer, cardiovascular disease, reproductive abnormality. >> reporter: bp the a in thermal paper readily transfers to the skin where it can penetrate quickly. >> recent study published in the journal of the american medical association showed that volunteers who were handling bpa coated receipts for just two hours had significantly high levels of bpa in their urine. >> reporter: fortunately it is easy to spot thermal paper by rubbing printed side with the coin or paper clip. dark mark means it isothermal paper. consumer reports advice for avoiding bpa in receipts get e mailed receipts if possible. if you must keep paper, just don't dump them in your wallet. >> not only does bpa rub on to your hand but it also comes off on to anything it comes into contact with, including paper money. >> reporter: another tip store receipts and tickets in the plastic bag. for people who handal lot of thermal paper, cashiers, fo