March 14, 2024
Ari Lewis Invited to Serve on the US EPA Science Advisory Board Environmental Justice Science & Analysis Review Panel
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) recently announced appointments to its Science Advisory Board (SAB) Environmental Justice Science & Analysis Review Panel (EJSARP). The SAB EJSARP will review the US EPA’s revised Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis (EJTG) and develop a self-initiated commentary outlining recommendations on advancing environmental justice science in rulemaking. The EJTG provides broad guidance on how to assess adverse human health and environmental impacts of proposed rules on vulnerable and overburdened populations. Gradient scientist Ari Lewis, M.S., was selected to serve as one of 21 SAB EJSARP panel members.
See a list of the SAB EJSARP members here.
US EPA established the SAB in 1978 under the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA). The SAB is tasked with reviewing “the quality and relevance of the scientific and technical information being used by the EPA or proposed as the basis for Agency regulations.” Members of SAB advisory panels are recognized leaders in their chosen fields with a demonstrated ability to examine and analyze environmental issues with objectivity and integrity.
Ari Lewis is a principal with expertise in toxicology and risk assessment. She has applied her toxicology expertise across a wide range of chemical stewardship issues and is especially interested in environmental justice and cumulative risk assessment, which includes the consideration of risk from non-chemical stressors (i.e., social factors) in vulnerable populations.
Please join us in congratulating Ari Lewis on this noteworthy service appointment!