House passes bill to make EPA science public

Here is part of the problem

EPA would no longer be able to establish limits on emissions of hazardous air pollution into our air if a business claimed that any of the information EPA used to create the Clean Air Act protection was “confidential business information” that could not be released.
EPA could no longer issue national air quality standards that rely on studies about the health impacts of pollution if the studies relied in any part on confidential patient health data.
EPA could not make decisions about the safety of chemicals because such decisions would necessarily rely on information representing industry trade secrets. Originally Posted by BigLouie

the problem u idiot is that without any transparency and thus no scientific review you get bad science done in secret. why is this such a hard topic you idiot?

Here is part of the problem

EPA would no longer be able to establish limits on emissions of hazardous air pollution into our air if a business claimed that any of the information EPA used to create the Clean Air Act protection was “confidential business information” that could not be released.
EPA could no longer issue national air quality standards that rely on studies about the health impacts of pollution if the studies relied in any part on confidential patient health data.
EPA could not make decisions about the safety of chemicals because such decisions would necessarily rely on information representing industry trade secrets. Originally Posted by BigLouie

Sound like ginned up hogwash.

Again, we have to be able to independently scrutinize these results. Sounds like the EPA is hiding their cherry picked data and now they and NOAA won't be able to run from FOIA requests.

Hey, Waco, I think the last word of your commentary nailed it.

Sound like ginned up hogwash.

Again, we have to be able to independently scrutinize these results. Sounds like the EPA is hiding their cherry picked data and now they and NOAA won't be able to run from FOIA requests.

Hey, Waco, I think the last word of your commentary nailed it. Originally Posted by gnadfly

idiot .. it's for you BL .. bahhaaaa