EPA Ass't Administrator Named

The confirmation by the U. S. Senate of the appointment of Dr. George M. Gray, former Executive Director of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, to the position of Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development at the USEPA has elicited the following response:  "Dr. Gray has spoken extensively on the topic of risk-based, scientific approaches to developing new regulations. He brings to the EPA significant experience  in the field of risk characterization and risk communication, with a focus on food safety and agriculture and chemicals in the environment." 

Dr. Gray has been prominent in efforts to enact cost-benefit legislation for the state of Massachusetts during the past several years.