Chemicals regulation: Putting people first

From: Consumer Policy Review | Date: March 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

The regulations that control the production and use of chemicals do not offer proper public protection, Dr A. Michael Warhurst of Friends of the Earth explains

ABSTRACT

We are exposed to industrial chemicals all the time - through the products we use, contaminants in our food, pollution and the chemicals that contaminate everyone's bodies. Although there is a regulatory system controlling the production and use of chemicals, it is generally considered that this system is failing to provide proper protection. This regulatory system is now undergoing a major review. This report explains the ...

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