William Sanjour

William "Bill" Sanjour (1930s— ) worked at the Environmental Protection Agency and was a whistleblower.

Early life William Sanjour was born in The Bronx, New York City. His mother died early on in his life, while he was still a child. His father was a carpenter from Russia and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. Sanjour, in his own words, "come from a long line of people who would not be cowed when they are right."

He attended the City College of New York. In 1960, he graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in physics. In 1972, they continued refining the cap-and-trade model at the newly created Environmental Protection Agency, and it was proposed to Congress in the EPA's annual report.

RCRA He became branch chief of the Hazardous Waste Management Division in 1974, and contributed to the passing of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. from the "politically appointed office director", Thomas Jorling, insisting that the federal budget had to be reduced on President Jimmy Carter's orders, and, as such, that the Hazardous Waste Management Division had to be reduced in scope: the petroleum industry, among others, was not to be covered by regulations, which were not to be based on whether waste caused cancer or birth defects, or was poisonous or radioactive. Reasonable-sounding rationales were to be invented for the changes, and the staff were 'warned' not to inform the public of this.