EPA Will Not Renew Support For Children’s Health Studies

reports, “Grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has provided half of” the funding for Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health’s and other center’s research on the health effects of chemicals and pollutants in children, are set to expire in July. The EPA “has decided that it will not renew its support for the facilities.” Meanwhile, “the programme’s other government sponsor, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) says that it cannot replace the funding that the EPA has historically provided.” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01491-1