EPA Watchdog Report: Senior Staffers in Trump EPA Changed, Omitted Science During 2018 Review of Dicamba; Skipped Internal Peer-Review Process

EPA Watchdog Report: Senior Staffers in Trump EPA Changed, Omitted Science During 2018 Review of Dicamba; Skipped Internal Peer-Review Process: A scathing report released today by a federal oversight agency revealed that high-ranking officials in the Trump Environmental Protection Agency purposely excluded scientific evidence of dicamba’s drift risks before reapproving its use in 2018. The Office of the Inspector General found that the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs failed to include the required internal peer reviews of scientific documents and that “senior-level” staffers “changed” and “omitted” research-based evidence of the drift risks of the pesticide that has already damaged millions of acres of crops.

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