Whistleblower Seeks IG Investigation Of EPA’s Statements On Coronavirus

October 27, 2020
A long-time EPA scientist with a history of whistleblowing claims is asking the agency’s Inspector General (IG) “to investigate and remedy misrepresentations” by EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the survival times on surfaces of the virus that causes COVID-19, saying the agencies’ guidance is based on flawed studies. EPA and CDC guidance says the virus SARS-CoV-2 decays or deactivates after a few hours or days, and the agencies have failed to revise their advice...


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