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EPA science: casualty of election politics

The struggle between the Congress and the White House over environmental issues provides an opportunity for improving science at the US Environmental Protection Agency, a chance that may be lost in the fray of election-year politics.

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Lewis, D. EPA science: casualty of election politics. Nature 381, 731–732 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/381731a0

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