Despite Pushback, EPA Appears To Face Continuing Hill Scrutiny Over Risk Assessments

A top House Republican staffer is suggesting that lawmakers are likely to continue scrutinizing the Environmental Protection Agency's influential chemical risk assessment program despite calls from current and former agency officials urging GOP lawmakers and industry to step back and let EPA implement reforms sought by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Recently NIOSH has weighed using the EPA and other agencies' tiered approaches for assessing and listing chemicals' cancer risks when setting workplace safety standards, though the chemical industry is objecting to calls by organized labor