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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, January 21, 2020) As news reports come in demonstrating the threats to major groups of organisms, such as insects<\/a> and birds<\/a>, and the stability of Earth’s ecosystems<\/a>, and scientists appeal for major policy changes<\/a>, recent actions by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board highlight the need for public insistence that EPA do its job.<\/p>\n

Tell EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to follow the advice of scientists and do his job. Tell your Congressional representatives to support scientific integrity at EPA and other agencies.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Although the influence of regulated corporations has historically silenced science that threatens profits\u2013as shown by industry reaction to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring<\/em>\u2014attacks on science in federal agencies have increased in the Trump administration. EPA<\/a> has dismissed findings of scientists concerning chlorpyrifos, atrazine, and synthetic pyrethroids. Now EPA’s war on its own scientists has reached the point that its Science Advisory Board, which oversees the scientific integrity of the agency’s regulation, posted letters on-line criticizing EPA’s rollback of environmental protections. As reported in a front page story on January 1, 2020 by The New York Times<\/em>, \u201cA top panel of government-appointed scientists, many of them hand-selected by the Trump administration, said on Tuesday that three of President Trump’s most far-reaching and scrutinized proposals to weaken major environmental regulations are at odds with established science.\u201d<\/p>\n

These most recent rollbacks involve protection of waterways, limitations on vehicle emissions, and use of scientific data to support health regulations. Without reliance on science, agency policies cannot fail to be arbitrary and capricious \u2013 the standard of irresponsibility in government. The Times<\/em> quoted Patrick Parenteau, a professor of law with the Vermont Law School, \u201cThe courts basically say if you’re going to ignore the advice of your own experts you have to have really good reasons for that. And not just policy reasons but reasons that go to the merits of what the critiques are saying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Send a message to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler that he must do his job, as supported by the best available science.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Letter to EPA<\/strong><\/p>\n

As news reports come in demonstrating the threats to major groups of organisms, and the stability of Earth\u2019s ecosystems, and as international scientists appeal for major policy changes, action by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect biodiversity and ecosystem integrity has never been more critical. Recent actions by the EPA\u2019s Science Advisory Board highlight the need for public insistence that the agency do its job.<\/p>\n

Under your leadership, EPA has dismissed findings of scientists concerning chlorpyrifos, atrazine, and synthetic pyrethroids. Now EPA\u2019s own Science Advisory Board, which oversees the scientific integrity of the agency\u2019s regulation, has posted letters on-line criticizing EPA\u2019s rollback of environmental protections. As reported by The New York Times, \u201cA top panel of government-appointed scientists, many of them hand-selected by the Trump administration, said on Tuesday that three of President Trump\u2019s most far-reaching and scrutinized proposals to weaken major environmental regulations are at odds with established science.\u201d<\/p>\n

These most recent rollbacks involve protection of waterways, limitations on vehicle emissions, and use of scientific data to support health regulations. Without reliance on science, agency policies cannot fail to be arbitrary and capricious\u2013the standard of irresponsibility in government. The Times quoted Patrick Parenteau, a professor of law with the Vermont Law School, \u201cThe courts basically say if you\u2019re going to ignore the advice of your own experts you have to have really good reasons for that. And not just policy reasons but reasons that go to the merits of what the critiques are saying.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is time for you, as the Administrator of EPA, to listen to your own advisors and the best available science and act to preserve life on Earth.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

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