Joint statement on EPA proposed rule and public availability of data (2019)

About the Authors: H. Holden Thorp * E-mail: hthorp@aaas.org Affiliation: Editor-in-Chief, Science family of journals, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Magdalena Skipper Affiliation: Editor-in-Chief, Nature, London, United Kingdom Veronique Kiermer Affiliation: Executive Ed...

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Published in:	PLoS medicine 2019-11, Vol.16 (11), p.e1003014-e1003014
Main Authors:	Thorp, H Holden, Skipper, Magdalena, Kiermer, Veronique, Berenbaum, May, Sweet, Deborah, Horton, Richard
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Air quality Asthma Biology and Life Sciences Computer and Information Sciences Decision making Ecology and Environmental Sciences Editors Environmental protection Environmental risk Humans Information Dissemination - ethics Medicine and Health Sciences Outdoor air quality Peer review Public health Research and Analysis Methods Social Sciences United States United States Environmental Protection Agency - ethics United States Environmental Protection Agency - legislation & jurisprudence Water quality
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Summary:	About the Authors: H. Holden Thorp * E-mail: hthorp@aaas.org Affiliation: Editor-in-Chief, Science family of journals, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Magdalena Skipper Affiliation: Editor-in-Chief, Nature, London, United Kingdom Veronique Kiermer Affiliation: Executive Editor, Public Library of Science (PLOS) Journals, San Francisco, California, United States of America ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8771-7239 May Berenbaum Affiliation: Editor-in-Chief, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States of America, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Deborah Sweet Affiliation: Vice President of Editorial, Cell Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3898-2359 Richard Horton Affiliation: Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet, London, United Kingdom Citation: Thorp HH, Skipper M, Kiermer V, Berenbaum M, Sweet D, Horton R (2019) Joint statement on EPA proposed rule and public availability of data (2019). Discounting evidence from the decision-making process on the basis that some data is confidential runs counter to the EPA stated mission "to reduce environmental risks…based on the best available scientific information” [4]. Even if a new standard is not applied retroactively, the standard could apply when a regulation is updated; thus, foundational science from years past—research on air quality and asthma, for example, or water quality and human health—could be deemed by the EPA to be insufficient for informing our most significant public health issues.
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676