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...processed food. We have to accept what the law is. But at the same time, we have gotten to a point where we have to say we know a lot more about these chemicals than we did 35 years ago when the law was passed." Welcome to the EPA two-step...
...EPA officials thought they had their answer six years ago when a panel of experts from the National Academy of Sciences recommended a more realistic rule of thumb. If researchers determined that the level of pesticide did not cause more than one extra case of cancer in 1 million people over a 70-year life-span, then the amount was considered a "negligible risk" and therefore safe to consume. However, a group of environmental and consumer advocacy organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, sued EPA to prevent it from adopting the new standard. "At a time when cancer strikes...
Last July a federal appeals court in San Francisco decided in favor of the plaintiffs and ruled that the EPA was not free to use its own discretion in interpreting the Delaney Clause. Now the Supreme Court must consider whether or not to hear the case. But no matter how the legal question is resolved, the larger issue remains. "There are scientific anachronisms that get created anytime you have a 30-plus-year-old environmental regulation," Browner says. "It's time to revisit Delaney with the knowledge we have now." In a period when many people see all sorts...
Although the EPA's conclusions lack any regulatory punch, several American companies are now considering a total ban on cigarette smoking in the workplace. The Baltimore Orioles announced last week that they would limit smoking to certain designated areas of their open-air stadium and prohibit it in the seats...
News about the EPA report also brought to light the fact that a separate division of the government agency, which studies indoor pollutants, had dropped its funding of research into tobacco smoke. Critics alleged that the decision, which was made about the same time that the passive-smoking panel reached its conclusions, was a result of lobbying by the tobacco industry. Although the government denies the charge, Congress has launched an investigation...