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Did u read @LFFriedman A1 NYT piece today on how EPA is moving to limit science used to write public health rules? Here is a case study from last yr of feared impact this rule will have re a pesticide blamed for lower IQs among children. (with
@dannyhakim) nytimes.com/2018/08/24/bus…
@LFFriedman @dannyhakim This is the kind of study--which in the past has been FUNDED BY EPA and other federal agencies--that could now soon be banned to use in deciding if a pesticide or chemical is a public health threat.
@LFFriedman @dannyhakim And here is the piece this week by @LFFriedman describing the move to make the so-called "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science" a final rule. nytimes.com/2019/11/11/cli…
@LFFriedman @dannyhakim One big update to story @dannyhakim & I wrote last year abt the pesticide known as Chlorpyrifos (and which @JohnBranchNYT & I also wrote about in December): California has moved to ban the widely used pesticide on its own, citing studies US may now ignore kqed.org/science/194136…
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This seems particularly important. Connecting some important dots. David Holmes, an official from the United States Embassy in Kiev. His statement to House investigators Friday.
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THREAD: Over a yr ago, I broke the news that EPA had moved--after intense lobbying by chemical industry--to significantly narrow the way it will evaluate health threat presented by some of most toxic chemicals to decide if they should be banned/restricted. nyti.ms/2JmSxGU
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