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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Chemical Industry Scores a Big Win at the E.P.A.
WASHINGTON The Trump administration, after heavy lobbying by the chemical industry, is scaling back the way the federal government determines health and safety risks associated with the most dangerous chemicals on the market, documents from the Environmental Protection Agency show.
Under a law passed by Congress during the final year of the Obama administration, the E.P.A. was required for the first time to evaluate hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals and determine if they should face new restrictions, or even be removed from the market. The chemicals include many in everyday use, such as dry-cleaning solvents, paint strippers and substances used in health and beauty products like shampoos and cosmetics.
But as it moves forward reviewing the first batch of 10 chemicals, the E.P.A. has in most cases decided to exclude from its calculations any potential exposure caused by the substances presence in the air, the ground or water, according to more than 1,500 pages of documents released last week by the agency.
Instead, the agency will focus on possible harm caused by direct contact with a chemical in the workplace or elsewhere. The approach means that the improper disposal of chemicals leading to the contamination of drinking water, for instance will often not be a factor in deciding whether to restrict or ban them.
Under a law passed by Congress during the final year of the Obama administration, the E.P.A. was required for the first time to evaluate hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals and determine if they should face new restrictions, or even be removed from the market. The chemicals include many in everyday use, such as dry-cleaning solvents, paint strippers and substances used in health and beauty products like shampoos and cosmetics.
But as it moves forward reviewing the first batch of 10 chemicals, the E.P.A. has in most cases decided to exclude from its calculations any potential exposure caused by the substances presence in the air, the ground or water, according to more than 1,500 pages of documents released last week by the agency.
Instead, the agency will focus on possible harm caused by direct contact with a chemical in the workplace or elsewhere. The approach means that the improper disposal of chemicals leading to the contamination of drinking water, for instance will often not be a factor in deciding whether to restrict or ban them.
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The Chemical Industry Scores a Big Win at the E.P.A. (Original Post)
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. ChemTrolls (R) will be along momentarily
to explain how this is "good" for chem corps and so everyone should shut up and eat their corporate chemical crap, drink their corporate chemical water, and breath their corporate chemical water.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)3. Hey, the great old times are back! America, headed straight for the bottom rung of society.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)2. Buy the time tRump is finished the US will need to be condemned as hazardous waste. n/t