EPA REVISIONS TO IRIS REVIEW PROCESS FALL SHORT OF CRITICS' GOALS

摘要

EPA's just-announced plan to speed and strengthen Bush-era reviews of chemical hazard assessments is facing doubts from key observers, who say the agency has not done enough to scale-back the Bush program and doubt whether the agency will be able to meet the new 23-month deadline for completing the reviews.rn"They've preserved the essence of the Bush administration process," says one long-time critic of the review process.rnSeveral critics of the new changes argue that EPA has still not adequately justified a role for other agencies to influence the assessments, warning that they will face continued challenges to the assessments because these agencies fear the assessments will lead to strict regulatory standards.