EPA Nominee Declines Vitter's Call For Second Formaldehyde Risk Review

摘要

Thomas Burke, President Obama's nominee to serve as EPA's research chief, is, for now, declining a request from Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) to send EPA's next draft risk assessment of formaldehyde to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for peer review, saying such a commitment is premature. "While I can assure there will be rigorous peer review of the revised formaldehyde document, I believe it is premature for me to provide assurance that another NAS committee be convened specifically to re-review formaldehyde." Burke told Vitter in a recently obtained written response to questions following his confirmation hearing late last year.