Deconstructing Regulatory Science
Writing for The Regulatory Review, Rena Steinzor and Wendy Wagner observe that "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt recently opened another front in his battle to redirect the agency away from its mission to protect human health and the environment. This time, he cobbled together a proposed rule that would drastically change how science is considered during the regulatory process."
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Author(s): Wendy Wagner, Rena Steinzor
Joint Letter to the National Academies on IRIS Process
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Author(s): Matt Shudtz
The House Recently Sided with Big Banks Over Consumers
The House Recently Sided with Big Banks Over Consumers, op-ed by Martha McCluskey
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Author(s): Martha McCluskey
Thomas McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, Rena Steinzor June 8, 2017 letter to Congress re HR 1215 and medical malpractice torts.
Thomas McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, Rena Steinzor's June 8, 2017 letter to Congress re HR 1215 and medical malpractice torts.
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Author(s): Thomas McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, Rena Steinzor
EPA Scientists said 'ban pesticide chlorpyrifos'; Scott Pruitt said 'no'
EPA Scientists said ban pesticide chlorpyrifos. Scott Pruitt said 'no,' by Carl Cranor
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Author(s): Carl Cranor
Congressional Review Act Targets
In the first few months of the Trump administration, Congress invoked a rarely used, little-known law called the Congressional Review Act to repeal a host of health, safety, and environmental regulations adopted during the Obama administration after years of consideration and public input. CPR tracked the congressional assault on our safeguards. See our chart from May 2017 detailing the damage.
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Author(s): Katie Tracy, James Goodwin
Regulatory Targets: Congressional GOP Takes Aim at Safeguards
In the first four months of his presidency, Donald Trump and his congressional allies used the Congressional Review Act to repeal 14 Obama era health, safety, labor, financial, education, energy, environmental rules. The law allows Congress to block "major" rules within 60 legislative days of adoption, with a joint resolution (not subject to the Senate's normal 60-vote requirement) and president's signature. CPR tracked the damage.
Author(s): Katie Tracy, James Goodwin
Beware Compounded Drugs -- Especially Under Trump’s FDA
Writing for The American Prospect, Rena Steinzor observes that a burgeoning and little-regulated private industry that specially mixes drugs at so-called compounding pharmacies poses a public-health hazard that the Trump administration will only make worse.
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Wave of Corporate Wrongdoing Demands More Prosecution, Not Less
Writing for the Huffington Post, Rena Steinzor and Dan Dudis point to a recent wave of corporate criminality -- from the Wells Fargo fake account scandal to the Volkswagen scheme to evade air pollution standards -- and call for criminal prosecutions of companies and their leaders.
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor