The first EPA assessment of dioxins started under the Carter administration, but wasn't completed until the first or second year of the Reagan administration. T

The first EPA assessment of dioxins started under the Carter administration, but wasn't completed until the first or second year of the Reagan administration. The lead author ended up reassigned to a tiny branch office, and working in basically a broom closet. Or at least, that's what he said, when I tracked him down to ask questions.