Pruitt Proposes Limits to Scientific Research Used by EPA Staff
- Democrats and former EPA staff say the move may violate laws
- Strategy linked to two-decade old pro-tobacco campaign
Rep. Kaptur Says EPA Chief Abusing Public Privilege
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency broke with four decades of practice Tuesday and proposed limits on the science used to develop policies protecting public health and the environment.
The measure, backed by conservatives and some advisers to President Donald Trump who have warned of “junk science,” would prevent the EPA from considering scientific research unless all methodological, technical and other information is publicly available. But critics fear the move would exclude such research as public-health studies containing anonymized patient data.