Biden Weighs , Public Health Against Economy , in Decision on New Toxic Chemical Rules.
'The New York Times' reports that
the Biden administration is getting ready to
impose new rules on widely used toxic chemicals.
'The New York Times' reports that
the Biden administration is getting ready to
impose new rules on widely used toxic chemicals.
Creating the new rules has presented
the administration with difficult decisions to make
between public health and its economic agenda.
'NYT' reports that many of the chemicals in question
are used in the same industries that
the president has supported through other policies.
Those policies, meant to boost global competition
and national security, include the production
of semiconductors and electric vehicles.
Those policies, meant to boost global competition
and national security, include the production
of semiconductors and electric vehicles.
'NYT' reports that lobbies have already
begun to clash regarding the new rules.
Corporations claim new regulations
put the administration's goal of nurturing
the American economy at risk.
If the national security batteries
do not perform as designed, then
missiles don’t fire, fighter jets
crash, and satellites go dark, Aaron Rice, the director of environmental health and safety
at EaglePicher Technologies, via 'The New York Times'.
Advocates for environmental and public health have
stressed the need to protect both consumers and
workers from exposure to known harmful chemicals.
There is nothing industry won’t say to
preserve their right to poison workers
and consumers to make a buck, Scott Faber, Advocate of Environmental
Working Group, via 'The New York Times'.
'NYT' reports that the initial round of regulation is aimed at
10 chemicals the EPA has identified as presenting the most
toxic threat and exposure limits based on decades of studies