20170914-EPA toxics nominee Dourson advocated for loose dioxane standard

09/14/2017 Tweet:

Richard Denison @RichardDenisonThis graph of 1,4-dioxane stds shows clearly just how much of an outlier EPA toxics nominee #Dourson is contaminantssummit.com/images/present… #TSCA

Turns out Dourson met with MDEQ in 2013 to advocate on behalf of Pall for looser dioxane toxic standard...

"On behalf of Pall Corporation, Michael Dourson, Ph.D. of Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) an organization specializing in risk assessment, requested an audience with MDEQ staff to present and discuss their recent toxicity evaluation of 1,4-dioxane." p.4

-- Review of a 1,4-Dioxane Presentation by Michael Dourson, Ph.D. on October 8, 2013 Prepared by The Toxics Steering Group 1,4-Dioxane Subcommittee February 2015 --

-- https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-aqd-toxics-14-DioxaneTSG_Report_2015_487415_7.pdf --

-- from search for Dourson & dioxane prompted by the 9/14/2017 Tweet above --

So if you can't get what you want from a state, go higher up?

Another link: http://blogs.edf.org/health/2017/09/06/report-widespread-exposure-to-a-risky-chemical-blessed-by-the-trump-administrations-nominee-to-head-epas-toxics-office/