Epa Resubmits Endocrine Disruptor Assays And Chemicals To Omb

摘要

EPA resubmitted its long-delayed endocrine disruptor screening program (EDSP) "package" to the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) March 6 for review prior to release, according to an agency spokesman. EPA withdrew the original proposed package - which included the list of chemicals EPA plans to review first and the tests that the agency plans to use to review them - soon after taking office, in accordance with White House memos that asked agency officials to withdraw and review pending Bush administration rules. EPA will submit the same package of 11 tier-one assays and a list of pesticides that form the first chemicals to be screened as it did in August, the EPA spokesman says. An estrogen-receptor binding assay that is on the list is yet to be validated, leading to concerns last October that EDSP could not begin without it. Jay Vroom, president of the pesticide industry association CropLife America (CLA) said the assay is described "by many as a keystone to this process."