Dear Colleagues: Without authorization from Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has slashed operating funds for its nationwide network of scientific libraries, forcing libraries to close and effectively preventing EPA scientists and the public from accessing vast amounts of data and information on issues from toxicology to pollution.
The critical scientific information contained in the EPA libraries is essential to the agency's ability to make fully informed decisions that carry out its mission of protecting human health and the environment. I urge you to please call EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson today or Monday at (202) 564-4700 and leave message with the receptionist urging him to halt the dismantling of the EPA library system immediately. It will only take a couple of minutes, and your phone call could make the difference. Best regards, Val Smith University of Kansas Val H. Smith Professor Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 785-864-4565 FAX: 785-864-5321 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
