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EPA Ordered to Do Outside Reviews of Toxicology Database
Submitted by Melinda L. Secor on Sun, 2011-12-18 02:00
"When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) crafts a regulatory standard—how much arsenic is safe in drinking water, for example—its staff members rely on scientific assessments of the chemical's toxicity. The quality of these agency reviews have been criticized by industry and on Capitol Hill—criticisms that were backed up earlier this year in a study by the National Academies' National Research Council (NRC)."
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