Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is convening a review board that will draft a risk assessment for asbestos fibers and certain environmental groups have protested the inclusion of certain individuals on the EPA's "short list" of those who may be invited to the panel. Some of the people on the list have financial ties to industry groups or individual organizations that could be affected by the conclusions that the board may come up with, so these environmental groups, such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, have lodged formal complaints about these candidates. The groups feel that no panel member should have a financial stake in a group or business whose product may fall under the domain of the panel's research. However, a member of the EPA's science advisory board has said that the board will not have a policy or regulatory role and its conclusions will only be used as advice in the development of any regulation.

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