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On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency said it will eliminate the Office of Research and Development and reduce its ...
The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from PFAS to pesticides to ...
Environmental advocates say cutting the EPA's research office could have dire effects, especially when it comes to climate ...
On Monday, some employees at ORD, the largest office in the agency, began receiving emails saying they’d been assigned new ...
Justin Chen, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, the union representing 8,000 EPA ...
Experts warn that closing the Office of Research and Development will hamper efforts to protect the environment and public health ...
Total staffing at EPA will go down to 12,448, a reduction of more than 3,700 employees, or nearly 23%, from staffing levels ...
The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic ...
Cynthia Sides recently joined the experiment station as associate vice president for agriculture-research and associate director for research development and compliance.
Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on the Office of Research and Development’s assessments of the dangers of formaldehyde, ethylene oxide and other substances.
The Trump administration’s policies are putting pressure on the country’s scientific agencies and staff members are beginning ...