Safer Chemicals policy watch: March 2018
- Trump budget seeks 23 percent cut at EPA, eliminating dozens of programs The future of an already shrinking EPA is uncertain, as a proposed budget cut of over $2.5 billion hints at a possible future of individual states taking on more of the environmental protection role.
- EPA division that studies the health risks of toxic chemicals is in a fight for its life - against the EPA The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), the only EPA department that independently assesses the toxicity of chemicals, is in jeopardy as career scientists grapple with the growing influence that industry players have within the agency.
- 'Sloppy and careless': courts call out Trump blitzkrieg on environmental rules Fast moving but not legally sound, Trump administration efforts to reverse EPA regulations, including on mercury and lead pollution, are not holding up in court.
