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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Nominated for Worst National Disgrace

Nominated by Barbara McKevitt () – Wednesday 23 April 2008

Reasons for this nomination

for pandering to lobbyists and removing toxicologist Deborah Rice from a scientific panel considering the dangers of deca, a chemical used as a flame-retardant and known to be a neurotoxin.