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Assuring Access To Data For Chemical Evaluations, Lynn R. Goldman, Ellen K. Silbergeld
Assuring Access To Data For Chemical Evaluations, Lynn R. Goldman, Ellen K. Silbergeld
Environmental and Occupational Health Faculty Publications
Background: A database for studies used for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pesticide and chemical reviews would be an excellent resource for increasing transparency and improving systematic assessments of pesticides and chemicals. There is increased demand for disclosure of raw data from studies used by the U.S. EPA in these reviews.
Objectives: Because the Information Quality Act (IQA) of 2001 provides an avenue for request of raw data, we reviewed all IQA requests to the U.S. EPA in 2002–2012 and the U.S. EPA’s responses. We identified other mechanisms to access such data: public access databases, the Freedom of Information Act …