Penn Law Fellow Adam Finkel, executive director of the Penn Program on Regulation, is one of 15 authors whose report critical of the risk assessment processes used by the Environmental Protection Agency was issued today by the National Research Council.
The EPA's process of generating risk assessments is bogged down by unprecedented challenges, and as a decision-making tool it is often hindered by a disconnect between available scientific data and the information needs of officials, says the report.
The EPA's process of generating risk assessments is bogged down by unprecedented challenges, and as a decision-making tool it is often hindered by a disconnect between available scientific data and the information needs of officials, says the report.
