She Lobbied for a #Carcinogen. Now She’s at Trump’s #EPA, Approving New #Chemicals.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the #Environmental Protection Agency, once led an aggressive effort by #industry to block #regulations on #formaldehyde.
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The #chemicals industry fought back w/an intensity that astonished even seasoned ofcls. Its campaign was led by Lynn Dekleva, then a lobbyist at the American Chemistry Council, an #industry group that spends millions on govt #lobbying.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Dekleva is now at the #EPA in a crucial job: She…has the authority to approve new #chemicals…. Earlier she spent 32yrs at Dupont, the chemical maker, before joining…the first #Trump admin.
Her most recent employer, the chemicals #lobbying group, has made reversing the EPA’s course on #formaldehyde a priority & is pushing to abolish a program under which the agency assess the #risks of chemicals to human #health.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •In recent weeks it has urged the #EPA to discard its work on #formaldehyde entirely & start from scratch…
The American Chemistry Council is also seeking to change the agency’s approval process for new #chemicals & speed up EPA’s #safety reviews. That review process is a key part of Dr. Dekelva’s purview at the agency.
Another fmr chemistry council lobbyist, Nancy Beck, is back alongside Dekleva at the EPA in a role regulating existing chemicals.
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The council’s president, Chris Jahn, told a #Senate hearing shortly after the #Trump inauguration that his group intended to tackle the “unnecessary #regulation” of #chemicals in the #US. “A healthy nation, a secure nation, an economically vibrant nation relies on chemistry,” he said.
It is not unusual or unlawful for industry groups to seek to #influence public #policy in the interest of their member companies.
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •What has been extraordinary, #health & #legal experts said, is the extent of the #industry’s effort to block the EPA’s scientific work on a #chemical long acknowledged as a #carcinogen, & how the architect of the effort was back at the agency as a regulator of #chemicals. At the same time, the #Trump admin has moved to sharply reduce the federal scientific work force.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“They [the #Trump admin] already have a track record of ignoring the #science,” said Tracey Woodruff, director of the Program on Reproductive Health & the Environment at UCSF. “Now, they’re in charge of government agencies that decide the rules.”
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