Markey, Other Representatives Ask EPA To Finish 20-Year Reassessment of Dioxins

摘要

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and dozens of other members of Congress sent a letter April 11 to the Environmental Protection Agency asking Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to move "as quickly as possible" to complete its assessment of the human health effects of dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals. "The American people have waited for more than twenty years for EPA to complete its reassessment of the potential health risks of human exposure to dioxin," said the letter from Markey and 72 other members of the House. Markey is the ranking member of the House Committee on Natural Resources. In May 2009, EPA had said it would issue final assessment of dioxins by the end 2010 (40 ER 1249, 5/29/09). The congressional letter acknowledges that some of the recent delays have been to provide additional time for the EPA Science Advisory Board to review how the agency will respond to advice it received from the National Academies.