AUDIT FINDS EPA A FAILURE ON CHEMICALS
The Following is an excerpt from an article in The Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisc.), January 24, 2009
EPA A FAILURE ON CHEMICALS, AUDIT FINDS
By Meg Kissinger of the Journal Sentinel
Warning: Chemicals in the packaging, surfaces or contents of many products may cause long-term health effects, including cancers of the breast, brain and testicles; lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other reproductive system defects; diabetes; attention deficit disorder, asthma and autism. A decade ago, the government promised to test these chemicals. It still hasn’t. The Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to assess toxic chemicals is as broken as the nation’s financial markets and needs a total overhaul, a congressional audit has found.
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