EPA science adviser says clearing board of experts leaves “huge void.”

Grist
By Emma Foehringer MerchantJun 23, 2017, 1:51 pm106 pts
On Monday, 38 of the EPA’s research advisers found out that their terms, set to end in August, would not be renewed. One of them is Elena Craft, a senior health scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund. “It creates a huge void in terms of scientific capacity,” Craft told Grist. “Systematically…

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