A new review process begun by the White House in 2004 is adding years to the screening process employed by the Environmental Protection Agency to determine whether chemicals are harmful to human health, according to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office.
The Associated Press reported that the Bush Administration is undermining the agency’s ability to protect the health of Americans, by allowing the Defense Department and other agencies to have an early say in the process by which chemicals in everything from cleaners to rocket fuel are reviewed.
The EPA, for example, had promised to prepare assessments on 10 major toxic chemicals for external peer review by the end of 2007, but only two reached that stage.
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