"Scientists on Tuesday pushed back against a Trump administration proposal that would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from relying on studies that don’t make their underlying data public.

Critics say the proposal, introduced by former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in 2017 to battle what he called "secret science," risks eliminating major studies from consideration as the EPA considers new policies.

Current EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler had asked the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) to weigh how the agency could work to deal with the numerous studies that anonymize or withhold sensitive data in order to protect personal information and confidential business information, an issue before the panel on Tuesday."

Rebecca Beitsch reports for The Hill August 27, 2019. [2]