EPA swaps top science advisers with industry allies
How I loathe these people. 
EPA swaps top science advisers with industry allies
Pruitt removed 21 members of the advisory board and replaced them with industry-funded scientists
Elizabeth Grossman, Lindsey Konkel, Liza Gross, Reveal11.25.2017•8:29 AM
This article originally appeared on Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
Eleven new members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board have a history of downplaying the health risks of secondhand smoke, air pollution and other hazards, including two who have spun science for tobacco companies, according to an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.
Earlier this month, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt fired all board members who currently receive EPA grants for their research, saying they cannot remain objective if they accept agency money. In replacing them, Pruitt transformed the board from a panel of the nation’s top environmental experts to one dominated by industry-funded scientists and state government officials who have fought federal regulations.
Pruitt removed 21 members of the advisory board, mostly academics, and replaced them with 16 experts with ties to industries regulated by the agency and two with no industry ties. Fourteen of the new members consult or work for the fossil fuel or chemical industries, which gave Pruitt nearly $320,000 for his campaigns in Oklahoma as a state senator and attorney general.
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https://www.salon.com/2017/11/25/epa-swaps-top-science-advisers-with-industry-allies_partner/
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That this would happen. The practice was stepped up when W showed up and now it's on steroids.
