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Better living with better chemical policies
Posted on July 04, 2008
Today the Economist reported on new proposed legislation in the European Union that will shift the regulation of pesticides from an assumption of innocent until proven guilty , to a precautionary requirement that manufacturers provide data that their products can be used safely before gaining market access. This doesn't mean the product has to be inherently safe, although that is a preferable option, but rather that it must be used in a way that prevents unsafe human exposures or unsafe environmental releases. Imagine what our nation's health would look like if this were the policy for indust...
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