In a special issue of Environment International, guest edited by Lancaster University, a team of international scientists is now arguing for this approach to be taken up in chemical risk assessment in a bid to help give clearer answers to chemical controversies. (sciencedaily.com)
Dr Crispin Halsall, fellow guest editor said: «Scientists working in the field of Chemical research believe this approach will be fundamental in the future to resolving some of the biggest controversies in chemical risk assessment.» (sciencedaily.com)
In early December, in defense of the state's reaction to Hoosick Falls, Kenneth Bogdan, the state health department's chemical risk assessor, told EPA officials that the administration's «professional judgment and risk assessment reflects philosophy, not science,» according to the handwritten notes Enck took of the phone call. (politico.com)