Report: The EPA’s January 2021 PFBS Toxicity Assessment Did Not Uphold the Agency’s Commitments to Scientific Integrity and Information Quality
Report No. 23-E-0013, March 7, 2023
The EPA did not follow the typical intra-agency review and clearance process during the development and publication of the January 2021 perfluorobutane sulfonic acid, or PFBS, toxicity assessment.
Report Materials
Podcast overview of this report (8:35)
- Report At a Glance (pdf)
- Full Report (pdf)
- Update: EPA Response to Report (pdf)
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Update: IG Response (pdf)
This report relates to: Project No. SRE-FY21-0207
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