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To: TimF who wrote (2737)	2/12/2004 8:47:44 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7936

Peer Review Plan Draws Criticism Under Bush Proposal, OMB Would Evaluate Science Before New Rules Take Effect By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 15, 2004; Page A19 A number of leading researchers are mobilizing against a Bush administration plan that would require new health and environmental regulations to rely more solidly on science that has been peer-reviewed -- an awkward situation in which scientists find themselves arguing against one of the universally accepted gold standards of good science. The administration proposal, which is open for comment from federal agencies through Friday and could take effect in the next few months, would block the adoption of new federal regulations unless the science being used to justify them passes muster with a centralized peer review process that would be overseen by the White House Office of Management and Budget... washingtonpost.com