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NRDC sends its wish list on scientific integrity to the President

May 14, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
chemicals, FACA, integrity, peerreview, science, scientificintegrity, toxic, toxicchemicals

When President Obama issued a call for public comments on how to fix the dismal state of scientific distortion, manipulation, and suppression that had marked the Bush Administration, NRDC answered the call. So did many other public interest groups and...continued

NRDC testified at Congressional hearings today on Science Under Siege at the U.S. EPA

September 18, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
congress, EPA, integrity, IRIS, policy, political, science, scientist, toxaphene, toxic, toxicchemicals

 Today, I provided testimony before the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, at hearings entitled: Science under Siege: Scientific Integrity at the U.S. EPA  about political interference with Agency scientists, in their efforts to assess and regulate...continued

NRDC and coalition protest removal of prominent public health expert from EPA expert panel reviewing PBDE's

March 17, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
brominated, chemicals, EPA, flame, integrity, PBDE, retardants, science, toxic

Today, NRDC and a coalition of public interest science organizations sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protesting the removal of Dr. Deborah Rice as Chair of the scientific panel reviewing safe exposure limits for the toxic...continued

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Jennifer Sass
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