WASHINGTON – Further concerns have been expressed that US chemicals policies may be influenced by industry links after President Trump announced his intention to nominate Dr Michael Dourson of Ohio to be head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical and pesticides office. Dr Dourson is a professor in the Risk Science Center at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine. However, some have accused him of having, “extensive, longstanding ties to the chemical industry.”
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