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NTEU CHAPTER 280 - U.S.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS DESCRIPTION NEWSLETTER CURRENT ISSUES PRESS RELEASES LINKS MEMBERS PAGE HISTORY SITE INDEX
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OFFICIAL NTEU 280 PROTEST
March 17, 2008 Stephen Johnson George Gray Dear Drs. Johnson and Gray; We are writing to protest the removal of Dr. Deborah Rice as Chair of the EPA scientific panel reviewing safe exposure limits for the toxic brominated flame retardants (Docket ID No EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0838. Dr. Rice was an external peer reviewer of the EPA’s human health assessment for the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a toxic class of chemicals that includes deca-BDE. The letter is attached here, and can also be accessed at http://docs.nrdc.org/health/hea_08031701A.pdfWe look forward to your response. Respectfully, Jennifer Sass, Ph.D. (corresponding author) Senior scientist, Health and Environment Natural Resources Defense Council Email: jsass@nrdc.org Tel: 202 289 2362 Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D. Executive Director Center for Science in the Public Interest Jeff Ruch Executive Director Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) David Wallinga, MD, MPh Senior Scientist, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Timothy Q. Donaghy, Ph.D. Scientific Integrity Analyst Union of Concerned Scientists J. William Hirzy, Ph.D. Executive Vice President National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 280 Environmental Protection Agency |