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White House slows EPA tests, inquiry finds
Dry cleaning chemical among those the EPA has yet to assess The Associated Press updated 6:06 p.m. ET, Mon., April. 28, 2008 WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger — often secret — say, congressional investigators say in a report obtained by The Associated Press. snip;
One EPA scientist with extensive knowledge of the changes in the
agency’s risk assessment policies ridiculed the claim that the EPA still has the final say. “Unless there is concurrence by other agencies, ... things don’t go forward. It means we stop what we are doing,” said the scientist, speaking on condition of anonymity because of fear of endangering his career. “The (EPA) scientists feel as if they have lost complete control of the process, that it’s been taken over by the White House and that they’re calling the shots,” the scientist said. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24358037/=
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