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...Although Casey says the law was aimed at eliminating the waste production by large industrial chemical companies like Dow Chemical Corporation and the Monsanto Company, early drafts of the bill contained certain "technicalities that would have been overly burdensome" to several Harvard programs...
According to Casey, this provision would have buried many Harvard researchers under a mound of paperwork. Ironically, scientists exploring safer alternatives to the targeted chemicals would have found themselves particularly susceptible to the onerous requirements...
...great piece of legislation," Casey says, except for a few "unintended consequences...
...issues such as the environment or protection of animal rights, Casey explains, lawmakers tend to be ignorant of the needs of the scientific community. The role of Harvard lobbyists, he says, is primarily to make sure that legislators know what Harvard's existing policies are, and how a change would work...
...Legislators are overwhelmed with the issues that confront them," Casey says, "They can't be experts on everything...