Industry Questions 'Bias' In EPA Literature Search For Arsenic Analysis

May 5, 2016
A coalition of industry groups concerned with EPA's long-running efforts to assess the human health risks of arsenic is questioning the agency's approach to searching for published studies on arsenic toxicity for use in the eventual assessment, suggesting that EPA's selection shows ignorance and bias by including some studies and excluding others. In a recent letter , the Arsenic Science Task Force (ASTF) raises these concerns to Ken Olden, director of EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment, who oversees EPA's...


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