Chemical Industry Questions NAS' Role In Changes To IRIS Public Meetings

EPA's decision to ask the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to assist the agency in broadening the list of speakers and variety of viewpoints expressed at public meetings on scientific issues related to the agency's often controversial toxicological assessments is drawing concern from the chemical industry, which is raising questions about the transparency of the project. The questions from Nancy Beck, with the chemical industry association American Chemistry Council (ACC), came at an Oct. 15 meeting in Arlington, VA, where...