Public health scientists speak out against Trump nominee
By 
Rebecca Trager2017-10-19T14:58:00
Dozens of scientists ask the Senate not to endorse Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety office
More than 50 public health scientists from over 20 different universities have said that they are strongly opposed to the Trump administration’s nomination of Michael Dourson to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) office of chemical safety and pollution prevention. In a 17 October letter to leaders of the Senate environment and public works committee, they warn that installing Dourson at the helm of this office would ‘threaten the EPA’s ability to credibly and effectively address harmful chemical exposures’.