House Approves Bill To Force Public Release of EPA Science (ap.org)

schwit1 quotes a report from Associated Press: House Republicans are taking aim at the Environmental Protection Agency, targeting the way officials use science to develop new regulations. A bill approved Wednesday by the GOP-controlled House would require that data used to support new regulations to protect human health and the environment be released to the public. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said "the days of 'trust me' science are over," adding that the House bill would restore confidence in the EPA's decision-making process. Connecticut Rep. Elizabeth Esty and other Democrats said the bill would cripple EPA's ability to conduct scientific research based on confidential medical information and risks privacy violations by exposing sensitive patient data. The bill was approved 228-194 and now goes to the Senate. According to The Hill, "The bill would also require that any scientific studies be replicable, and allow anyone who signs a confidentiality agreement to view redacted personal or trade information in data."

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Re: And yet

[meglon]

Yeh... you forget to mention the teabaggers shut it down because it was still TOO MANY services.

Re:Mythbusters

[Bite The Pillow]

Ergo, excessive regulation that must be repealed immediately, preferably by a large handed adult. But a tiny fingered child will do.

EPA and all other government agencies

[roman_mir]

EPA shouldn't exist in the first place. Neither should 99.9999 of what government is doing today, all its agencies and departments, none of it should exist. I suppose de-clawing the agencies, de-funding them as well is a good start in that direction. There shouldn't be such a concept as an income or a property tax, there shouldn't be such a concept as government funded anything.