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EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm

(www.nytimes.com)
258 points anigbrowl | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.475s | source
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dfee ◴[19 Jul 25 06:09 UTC] No.44612986[source]▶
There’s strong consensus in these comments. That gives me pause.

Was the prior system good? Was it great? If so, was it optimal? If not, what does better look like?

The discussion can splinter a thousand ways, and on HN it should as we seek truth.

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1. impossiblefork ◴[19 Jul 25 09:51 UTC] No.44614030[source]▶
You can't protect the environment without research. Without research you can't know what's dangerous.

Even in tiny countries, for example Sweden, when we notice a statistical uptick of health problems in a particular area, we have government organizations that go there to investigate and figure out the cause.