The director of the NIEHS wrote an editorial  for PloS Biology highlighting the lack of regulation on potential harmful pollutants and called for more research and policies to address these gaps. One would think that this is not controversial as it clearly within the mission of the NIEHS.

In response, the House Science Oversight Committee wants to investigate her for, wait for it.... "lobbying".

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Nevertheless, Biggs and Smith, who have both received money from Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil, and other companies that have a financial interest in limiting research on the environmental effects of chemicals, noted that their “committee suspects this activity may be a violation of the anti-lobbying act.” The two Republican members of Congress also called on the DHHS Inspector General to analyze their concerns so that he might “launch a full-scale review of the situation.”

 

Lobbying for a purpose other than profit is against this administration's efforts to reduce public and state influence in our democracy, and our global scientific standing overall. One must assume they have crunched the numbers and don't need ALL of the air and water to be clean, just enough for the worthy.

Absolutely brilliant bit of hypocrisy, though. Scientists are now lobbyists. Theory is guesswork. Logic just has to make sense.