BOSC Chair Says Dismissals Show EPA 'Marginalization' Of Science Input

The chairman of EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) told a House Science Committee panel that the agency's decision not to reappoint nine of the board's 18 members is part of a broader pattern of “marginalization of science” by the Trump administration that goes beyond EPA, while conceding that the move was lawful. Speaking at a May 23 hearing of the science panel's subcommittee on the environment, BOSC Chairman Deborah Swackhamer said the White House appears to be minimizing scientists'...