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A former chemical-industry executive who fought against stronger regulations under the first Trump administration is returning to take critical roles at the Environmental Protection Agency, two people with knowledge of the appointment said, raising concerns of corporate influence on chemical safety regulations.

Nancy B. Beck, a toxicologist and former executive at the American Chemistry Council, the industry’s main trade group, is set to reprise a role helping to oversee chemical policy similar to the one she held from 2017 to 2021, though her exact title and scope of work has yet to be determined, the people said. The chemistry council represents dozens of chemical companies and major manufacturers.

Dr. Beck is credited with leading a wide-ranging pushback against chemical regulations during the first Trump administration, as well as what a subsequent internal investigation described as political interference in agency science and policymaking. She rewrote rules, for example, that made it harder to

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