When state scientists are misled by federal regulators,
can they be blamed for misleading legislators, regulators and contractors?
Agricultural Land Application of Biosolids in Virginia: Risks and Concerns
Author: G.K. Evanylo, Extension Specialist, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 452-304, posted August 1999

Why would a state scientist mislabel
toxic pollutants as simple trace elements?

An example is included in a   LETTER TO VIRGINIA POLLUTION INFORMATION NEWSLETTER  (PIN) by ALAN
RUBIN (EPA, retired)