Report Says U.s. Epa Needs To Streamline Threat Assessments

摘要

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency needs to streamline its process of generating risk assessments that estimate the potential threats posed by chemicals in the environment, according to new report from the National Research Council, part of the National Academies.rnThe risk assessment process is bogged down by 'unprecedented challenges' and there is a disconnect between the available scientific data and the information needs of officials, according to the NRC, which prepared the report at the request of the EPA.