2 scientists say that Anthony 'Tony' Cox Jr., who leads a key EPA advisory board on air pollution, is an ideologue pushing policies that are bad for public health.
The Trump administration's reliance on industry-funded environmental specialists is again coming under fire, this time by researchers who say that Anthony"Tony" Cox Jr., who leads a key EPA advisory board on air pollution, is a"fringe" scientist and ideologue pushing policies detrimental to public health., two air pollution scientists say that Cox is ignoring consensus viewpoints on the effects of smog and particulate pollution.
The assessment, which cited more than 2,800 papers, and was written by more than 50 of the world’s experts on air pollution and reviewed by another 52, concluded that even at very low concentrations, small particle air pollution can be deadly., and in a draft letter written to Administrator Wheeler this month, Cox suggested his committee wasn’t convinced, and he accused the agency’s scientists of using bad science and subjectivity in their conclusion.
The committee, whose members have all been appointed since Trump came into office, is smaller than former air pollution committees. The panel is required to have seven members, but in former iterations was padded with extra members to ensure a broad range of expertise. “The seven chartered … members by themselves do not have the breadth and depth of knowledge or expertise in many areas that are necessary to adequately advise the EPA,” he wrote.
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