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Report: Improvements to EPA Policies and Guidance Could Enhance Protection of Human Study Subjects

Report #14-P-0154March 31, 2014

What We Found

The EPA can enhance its human studies by improving how it obtains approval for studies; how it communicates risk to people who participate in EPA studies; and how it addresses adverse events in its guidance.

Report Materials​​

Podcast: Report Overview with Renee McGhee-Lenart
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