Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP); Tom Burke, former Science Advisor and Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD); Dan Costa, Former National Program Director, EPA Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, ORD; Chitra Kumar, former Director, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR); Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, EPA ORD; and Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice, OEJECR; were quoted in Science about how budget cuts and industry priorities will affect EPA.