Science Under Attack

Trump's EPA Slips in One More Rule to Stifle Science

Scientific Studies that Protect Anonymity of Pollution Victims Can No Longer Serve as Basis for Environmental Regulations

By: Ti-Hua Chang
Jan 5, 2021

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI EPA) questions EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler at a May 20, 2020, hearing on lax environmental enforcement. (Image: Pool photo by Al Drago / Getty Images.)

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Trump's EPA Slips in One More Rule to Stifle Science

Scientific Studies that Protect Anonymity of Pollution Victims Can No Longer Serve as Basis for Environmental Regulations