EPA's Evaluations of Chemicals Come Under Fire

EPA's Evaluations of Chemicals Come Under Fire
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/07/epas-evaluations-of-chemicals-co.html?etoc

"Republican lawmakers criticized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday for problems with the toxicological assessments it uses for evaluating chemical safety. "The program's credibility is threatened when it continually puts forth assessments that fail to address fundamental issues raised by reviewers," said Representative Paul Broun (R-GA), chair of the House science committee, at a hearing on the topic. But democrats dismissed the attacks as motivated by a desire to delay regulations. On Tuesday, the agency announced plans to improve the process."