EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say [View all]
Source: msn/Washington Post
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The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all efforts to publish research, according to two agency employees familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and instructed to halt work on most ongoing research papers. The researchers were told that unless scientific journals had already returned proofs — the final step in the academic publication process — the studies would be subject to a new review process, the two employees said.
The order to reevaluate all manuscripts came from political appointees, the employees said.
EPA press secretary Brigit Hirsch said the agency will continue its work to protect human health and the environment but did not provide details about the new review process.
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