DELAY CHARGED AS WHITE HOUSE PLANS NEW DIOXIN PROGRESS REPORT

December 2, 2004
A White House science official in a surprise move announced plans to release a report on dioxin in an apparent attempt to show administration progress on monitoring and controlling for the highly controversial pollutant. But the move has already drawn protests from environmentalists who say development of the report will likely further delay release of EPA's dioxin risk review, which has been 13 years in the making. Richard Canady of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced...


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