EPA Chemical Assessment Programs Remain On GAO ‘High Risk List’

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is retaining two EPA chemical assessment programs on its “high risk list” of programs susceptible to waste, fraud, mismanagement and abuse, finding that its combined ratings of the programs that include assessments of chemical risks to workers remain “unchanged” from 2023. EPA “needs to address capacity issues to more effectively assess and manage chemicals posing risks to human health and the environment,” GAO’s 2025 high risk list report states. “We added this issue to the...