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inside EPA's $P 2 3 1996 September 20,1996 Volume 3, Number 9 INSIDE THIS ISSUE profiles The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences refocuses on risk ................... p24 Guest Perspectives^ Four Scientists from the International Life Sciences Institute's Risk Science Institute present key science questions for risk assessment............................. p26 Past President of the American Industrial Health Council Ronald Lang sees positive developments arising from the past year's bitter regulatory reform debate...........................p27 Commentary Hugh Spitzer offers arguments for re-empowering risk managers and taking risk assessors out'of the ivory tower........................p30 Breaking Stories EPA seeks comment on ecorisk guidelines ................................. pi2 Browner releases report on children's environmental health risks ....... ...................... pi 5 USDA first-ever ecorisk assessments at OMB.............pi 8 Experts craft microbial risk assessment framework........ pi 9 EPA holds major bioaccumulation conference............................... p21 Policy in the Making; People Notes................................. p35 Tracking the Debate A rundown of key meetings ,...p33 Reviewing the Literature Important new documents....... p36 Some Fear Delays Under EPA Cancer Guidelines While most commentors welcome EPA's proposed guidelines as scientifically richer, some fear a slowdown in regulatory decisions -- page 3 EPA Dioxin Chapter Affirms Diverse Effects At Low Levels The draft rewrite of EPA's chapter on dioxin dose-response modeling finds low levels may cause various effects -- page 10 Citizens Near Superfund Site Charge Environmental Racism Residents near a contaminated site are outraged at EPA's cleanup plans and acceptable risk choices -- page 11 00 p m m Edited exclusively for scientists interested in environmental * policymaking and policymakers interested in science a STLCOPCB4033336