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January 8, 2007
DEBATE: The future of U.S. chemical regulation
In Chemical & Engineering News’ Point/Counterpoint an American Chemistry Council (ACC) representative and a University of Massachusetts professor debate the adequacy of current chemical regulation in the U.S. One of the most shocking facts in the article comes right in the introduction:
The Environmental Protection Agency oversees commercial chemicals through a statute signed into law by President Gerald Ford in 1976, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). That law has remained substantially unchanged for 30 years.
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The inadequacy of our laws to evaluate chemicals can be easily seen by the other story on the blog. If it's still a possible consideration to add human carcinogens to decking material where it's fate can't be controlled, we're in a pretty sorry state.
Posted by: GreenTox | January 9, 2007 9:15 AM