More tumult at America’s chemical safety agency

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The final act of US Chemical Safety Board’s departing chairwoman was to fire its managing director, who’d been on paid leave for three years

The managing director of the embattled US Chemical Safety Board (CSB), who had been on paid administrative leave since June 2015 over accusations of mismanagement and leadership deficiencies, has just been officially terminated by the outgoing chairwoman of the agency, which investigates US chemical accidents.