{"id":23496,"date":"2018-10-09T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=23496"},"modified":"2018-10-08T17:56:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T21:56:31","slug":"take-action-restore-voices-for-childrens-protection-and-science-at-epa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2018\/10\/take-action-restore-voices-for-childrens-protection-and-science-at-epa\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action: Restore Voices for Children\u2019s Protection and Science at EPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20557\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Happy_Children_Playing_Kids-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"259\" \/>(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, October 9, 2018)\u00a0In two separate moves, EPA <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=2&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F09%2F26%2Fclimate%2Fepa-etzel-children-health-program.html\">placed the head of the Office of Children\u2019s Health Protection on administrative leave<\/a> and plans to <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=3&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F09%2F27%2Fclimate%2Fepa-science-adviser.html\">dissolve its Office of the Science Advisor<\/a>. These moves further degrade the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s reliance on scientific input into its decision making process.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.beyondpesticides.org\/p\/dia\/action4\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=26517.\">Ask your members of Congress to insist that the head of the Office of Children\u2019s Health Protection and Office of the Science Advisor be reinstated at the highest level,<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Office of Children\u2019s Health Protection was created by President Bill Clinton in 1997 to advise EPA on meeting its mandate to protect children from environmental health hazards. Children are generally more vulnerable to toxic chemicals than adults due to their small and developing bodies and because their size and activities result in greater exposures. Focusing on children\u2019s health typically leads to more protective regulatory decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Etzel, M.D., Ph.D., who was placed on non-disciplinary leave, became director of the office in 2015, after serving as a senior officer for environmental health research at the World Health Organization. She is a pediatrician and epidemiologist who has been a leader in children\u2019s environmental health for 30 years. Recently, Dr. Etzel opposed EPA\u2019s plan to allow farmworker children to apply the most toxic (\u201crestricted use\u201d) pesticides.<\/p>\n<p>Removing Dr. Etzel from her position overseeing the office is seen by pediatricians and epidemiologists as a step toward eliminating the office and its critical work to protect children\u2019s health. The American Academy of Pediatrics has called for her reinstatement.<\/p>\n<p>In another action, EPA plans to eliminate the Office of the Science Advisor, which reports directly to the EPA administrator on science relating to agency regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Both changes are a result of the agency\u2019s reorganization that will result in placing several intermediates between science advisers and the head of EPA. <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=6&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeyondpesticides.org%2Fassets%2Fmedia%2Fdocuments%2FChildrensOffice.Landrigan.pdf\">In a New York Times op-ed<\/a>, Philip Landrigan, M.D., renowned pediatrician and epidemiologist, and Lynn Goldman, M.D., pediatrician and former EPA assistant administrator for pesticides and toxic substances, wrote, \u201c[T]here is no question that if Dr. Etzel is pushed aside, the chemical industry will benefit and America\u2019s children will be harmed.\u201d Michael Halpern, deputy director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, in an interview with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=7&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2018-09-27%2Ftrump-s-epa-weighs-merger-that-could-quell-voice-of-scientists\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/em>, said, \u201cBy dissolving the science adviser\u2019s office and putting it several layers down in ORD [Office of Research and Development], that greatly accelerates the decay of science advice within the EPA administrator\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is vital that EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler receive the information that is needed to make decisions that affect the lives of children and protect our environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.beyondpesticides.org\/p\/dia\/action4\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=26517.\">Ask your members of Congress to insist that the head of the Office of Children\u2019s Health Protection and Office of the Science Advisor be reinstated at the highest level,<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Letter to your elected members of Congress:Restore Voices for Children\u2019s Protection and Science at EPA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is dismantling crucial offices that supply the agency with information that is critical for making important decisions on the health and future of our children. Without explanation, he has dismissed Ruth Etzel, M.D., Ph.D., head of the Office of Children\u2019s Health Protection, and eliminated the Office of the Science Advisor.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ruth Etzel became director of the office in 2015, after serving as a senior officer for environmental health research at the World Health Organization. She is a pediatrician and epidemiologist who has been a leader in children\u2019s environmental health for 30 years. Recently, Dr. Etzel opposed EPA\u2019s plan to allow farmworker children to apply the most toxic (\u201crestricted use\u201d) pesticides.<\/p>\n<p>Removing Dr. Etzel from her position overseeing the office is seen by pediatricians and epidemiologists as a step toward eliminating the office and its critical work to protect children\u2019s health. The American Academy of Pediatrics has called for her reinstatement.<\/p>\n<p>In another action, EPA plans to eliminate the Office of the Science Advisor, which reports directly to the EPA administrator on science relating to agency regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Both changes are a result of the agency\u2019s reorganization that will result in placing several intermediates between science advisers and the head of EPA. In a New York Times op-ed, Philip Landrigan, M.D., renowned pediatrician and epidemiologist, and Lynn Goldman, M.D., pediatrician and former EPA assistant administrator for pesticides and toxic substances, wrote, \u201c[T]here is no question that if Dr. Etzel is pushed aside, the chemical industry will benefit and America\u2019s children will be harmed.\u201d Michael Halpern, deputy director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, in an interview with Bloomberg, said, \u201cBy dissolving the science adviser\u2019s office and putting it several layers down in ORD [Office of Research and Development], that greatly accelerates the decay of science advice within the EPA administrator\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please insist that Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler reinstate Dr. Etzel and the Office of the Science Advisor in their critical roles as advisors to the Administrator of EPA.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, October 9, 2018)\u00a0In two separate moves, EPA placed the head of the Office of Children\u2019s Health Protection on administrative leave and plans to dissolve its Office of the Science Advisor. 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