美国环境保护局对有机酸盐农药酸的风险评估历史,1980年至2024年

Christopher Sellers1, Ellen Kohl1, Marianne Sullivan1

  • 1Christopher Sellers is with the History Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Ellen Kohl is with the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore. Marianne Sullivan is with the Department of Public Health, William Patterson University of New Jersey, Wayne. Gretchen Gehrke is with the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, Durham, NC. Jessica Varner is with the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Mark Chambers is with the History and Africana Studies Departments, Stony Brook University. Environmental Data and Governance Initiative is a research and advocacy nonprofit.

概括

这项研究揭示了美国环境保护局 (EPA) 如何在历史上低估了pyrifos风险评估中的真实证据,偏爱实验室数据而不是社区健康影响. 美国环保署需要改革其方法,解决利益冲突问题.

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