Top EPA Science Adviser Has History Of Questioning Pollution Research
Michael Honeycutt, the top toxicologist for Texas, is the latest chair of the EPA's science advisory board. But some scientists warn his views align more with industry than with scientific consensus.
In 2015, the top toxicologist for the state of Texas, Michael Honeycutt, was interviewed on Houston Public Radio. At the time, the Environmental Protection Agency was pushing for tighter limits on ozone, a type of air pollution that is hazardous for people with asthma and other respiratory diseases.
But Honeycutt said reducing air pollution could be dangerous.
"Houston and Los Angeles are going to lose people. People are going to die," he said. "According to EPA,
