EPA appoints industry players and academics to its Science Advisory Board

Source: The Hill

04/17/26 5:30 PM ET


The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would appoint academics and players in chemical and other industries and additional scientists to its Science Advisory Board (SAB).

The new appointments come more than a year after the administration “reset” the board, dismissing the scientists who were on it.

The board is made up of outside scientists who provide scientific advice to the EPA administrator. This includes reviewing the scientific information that underlies regulations and scrutinizing the agency’s research programs.

Several of the board’s 37 total members come from the chemical industry, with an employee of Dow Chemical, an employee of Corteva Agriscience and two employees of Chemours among those selected. Chemours spun off from DuPont in 2015 and took on its “forever chemicals” portfolio. ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences is also represented on the board.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5837073-new-epa-science-advisory-board/