How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at E.P.A.

For more than a half-century, a prestigious scientific arm of the federal government did groundbreaking research aimed at saving American lives. It studied fertility, asthma, wildfires, drinking water, climate change and myriad other health threats.In just one year, it has been almost completely dismantled.One scientist, a doctor and expert in lung health, has recently been reassigned to a finance office.…