Possible political interference at the EPA investigated

摘要

On May 7, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committees Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children's Health Protection held a hearing on the scientific integrity of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) policy decisions.rnIn her opening remarks, Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) focused on recurring accusations of political interference with scientific findings and reports by Bush administration officials. In particular, the EPA has recently been criticized for setting ground-level ozone limits higher than those recommended by the agency's science advisory board, and for the firing of regional administrator Mary Gade because of her request for a chemical industry cleanup of a siternin Michigan found to be contaminated with dioxin.