Washington, DC — The expert the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recruited in 2015 to enhance protection of children’s health has won a national award even as she fights to return to her position, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The Trump administration removed Dr. Ruth Etzel as Director of its Office of Children’s Health Protection in 2019 after she repeatedly spoke out about EPA’s failure to protect children’s health from lead and other environmental pollutants.
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