In August, the EPA announced the members of key scientific advisory committees that provide guidance to the agency on policy and regulatory issues. EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee – which composed of air pollution scientific experts and is charged with giving the agency non-binding scientific advice on air regulatory air pollution standards, includes two ATS members, Michelle Bell, PhD, and Mark Frampton, MD.
The EPA has also convened a special scientific advisory panel tasked with reviewing data on particulate matter pollution and providing the agency non-binding advice on the appropriate National Ambient Air Quality Standard for particulate matter. The particulate matter panel includes several ATS members including:
- John Balmes, MD
- Michelle Bell, PhD
- Jane Clougherty, MSc, ScD
- Mark Frampton, MD
- Terry Gordon, PhD
- Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD
- Jennifer Peel, PhD
- David Rich, ScD
- Neeta Thakur, MD
EPA also announced the members of the Scientific Advisory Board, a panel of expertise from a broad range of scientific fields charged with providing the agency advice on scientific policy, and which includes ATS members Enid Neptune, MD, and Peter Throne, PhD.
