摘要：It is clear from our commentary (Goldman and Silbergeld 2013), that we disagree with Lutter et al. (2013) about whether the public disclosure of all raw data used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for making regulatory decisions for chemicals is necessary to ensure the scientific basis for such decisions, and about the extent to which preemptive disclosure (prior to any request) is practical. However, the most important disagreement between us is the basis asserted by Lutter et al. in their commentary for this change in policy. Lutter et al. argued that it is necessary for the U.S. EPA—and anyone else who desires to do so—to reanalyze all data used in their assessments in order to “replicate” the findings and conclusions of the original investigators.
