Pruitt+Proposes+EPA+Science+Restrictions

Pruitt Proposes EPA Science Restrictions. National Public Radio (NPR) 25 April 2018. 25 April 2018.

Olp, Kevin. "Young Environmental Leaders in Action." //EPA//, 11 October 2016. 25 April 2018.

__Summary __ Pruitt suggests that the EPA would only use research made publicly available, which creates many problems as it limits what the EPA could and would do to be the environmental protection agency its supposed to be.

__Relation to Class __ This situation relates to the class best reflected on pages 781 to 783, which talks about the role of individuals, government, and groups in protecting the environment (Miller). As we can see, this suggestive change in the EPA’s regulations would be more likely to be harmful than beneficial.

__My Opinion __ Personally, I believe all, if not most, research should be publicly available in the first place, which would change very little for the EPA. However, since this change implies that there’s a whole lot that’s not publicly available, this means that the EPA could potentially make changes to save money; through this, no one would be able to argue that changes shouldn’t be made because there’s no evidence to back up their claim

__Law __ Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, which enforces laws enacted by the U.S. Congress and regulations created by the Agency to protect the consumer's health, safety and money. This law is ironic since EPA could intentionally ignore science that proves a product’s health and safety effects- of which no one would be able to prove as the research would not be available to the public.