Environmental Protection: EPA's Problems with Collection and Management
of Scientific Data and Its Efforts to Address Them (Testimony, 05/12/95,
GAO/T-RCED-95-174).

The federal government's efforts to protect human health and the
environment in an affordable way depend on understanding the risks posed
by various pollutants, the manner in which they affect people and the
environment, and the costs and the benefits of alternative strategies to
prevent pollution or mitigate its effects.  Sound scientific information
is essential in this regard.  This testimony discusses (1) the
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) problems in gathering and
managing environmental data needed to do risk assessments, develop
defensible pollution limits, and develop other regulations and (2) the
status of EPA's responses to recommendations made by GAO and other
organizations concerning the agency's scientific peer review process.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-95-174
     TITLE:  Environmental Protection: EPA's Problems with Collection 
             and Management of Scientific Data and Its Efforts to
             Address Them
      DATE:  05/12/95
   SUBJECT:  Environmental monitoring
             Data collection operations
             Data base management systems
             Data integrity
             Scientific research
             Regulatory agencies
             Pesticides
             Management information systems
             Health hazards
             Hazardous substances

             
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