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"Blowing Smoke" - Report Says Violations Belie Chem Industry Rhetoric [1]

"Large chemical companies and their major trade association and lobbying arm, the American Chemistry Council, say they can maintain high safety standards through self-regulation and voluntary actions. Our report finds this isn't the case. Voluntary standards don’t work, and existing regulations are not effectively enforced."

Brian Gumm reports for the Center for Effective Government October 22, 2015. [2]

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Public [8]
Source: Center for Effective Government [2], 11/12/2015
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/blowing-smoke-report-says-violations-belie-chem-industry-rhetoric [2] http://www.foreffectivegov.org/blowing-smoke [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81