re: Trump mandates all EPA data to be reviewed prior to release

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Having talked at great length to a number of research professors, there is a lot of pressure on them to secure grants. The schools that employ them want to know how much grant money they are bringing in and naturally they want to make sure it increases each year.

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The Universities want it to increase because they scoop a large amount off the top. For instance for a research grant coming in with 1/2 of the work being done in the lab and field LSU scoops 44% for overhead return use of buildings, laboratories, etc...The faculty do get a portion of that back in indirect returns years later.

The EPA funds the fish and fauna field and stream surveys around the country which occur every few years. They look for species present, how many, tissue samples of game fish are taken for mercury and other toxin analysis. I worked on several of those in the past. The EPA would have the money, sub contract it out to wildlife and fisheries or USGS which would then subcontract it out to Universities or private consultants. However, all sampling protocol must be followed exactly by EPA standards.