Democrats seek to preserve EPA research center

Senate Democrats are urging the leaders of an appropriations subcommittee to preserve EPA's National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), which researches the effect of chemicals on children's health and other issues, which the Trump administration is seeking to close and to reject plans that would consolidate the center with others. “Environmental pollution and health hazards are risks to all people, but children's health is especially vulnerable to environmental risks,” a group of 15 Senate Democrats wrote to Sens. Lisa Murkowski...