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Subject:        Fwd: EPA closes its libraries, destroys documents
Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:10:52 EST
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This looks like something that might concern many subscribers to this list.

David Allen
Encinitas, CA

**The EPA Closes Its Libraries, Destroys Documents**
Dear Carolyn,
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun closing its
nationwide network of scientific libraries, effectively preventing EPA
scientists and the public from accessing vast amounts of data and
information on issues from toxicology to pollution. Several libraries
have already been dismantled, with their contents either destroyed or
shipped to repositories where they are uncataloged and inaccessible.
The scientific information contained in the EPA libraries is essential
to the agency's ability to make fully informed decisions that carry out
its mission of protecting human health and the environment. Members of
Congress have asked the EPA to cease and desist dismantling these
libraries.
**Please call EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson at (202) 564-4700 either
today or Monday and tell him how much scientists rely on data and
literature. Urge him to immediately halt the dismantling of the library
system until Congress approves the EPA budget and all materials are
readily available online.**** **
Sincerely,
Michael Halpern
National Field Organizer
Scientific Integrity Program

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**Background:***
*The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains a nationwide
network of 27 libraries that provide critical scientific information on
human health and environmental protection, not only to EPA scientists,
but also to other researchers and the general public.
The libraries represent a unique and invaluable source of scientific
knowledge on issues from hazardous waste to toxicology to pollution
control. Additional benefit to scientific researchers is gained from the
expertise of a dedicated library staff, who field more than 100,000
database and reference questions per year from EPA scientists and the
public. *More...*
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