Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Pediatrician Picked to Head EPA Division
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The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency announced that a California pediatrician will be nominated to head the department’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. EPA Administrator Carol Browner, in a speech before the National Press Club, said the Clinton Administration will nominate Dr. Lynn R. Goldman, 42, who heads the environmental control division of the California Department of Health Services.
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