Business meets its match: U.S. corporations get their way at home. But the old charm isn't working in the Old World.
American Prospect, The, July, 2003 by Loewenberg, Samuel
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FOR DECADES THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY HAS put tens of thousands of substances on the market and into the environment with little interference from the U.S. government. What a surprise, then, to come up against the new Europe. The European Union, concerned that it does not have health or environmental data on the majority of the compounds now in use, is crafting legislation that by 2005 will require the industry to conduct extensive safety tests on 30,000 common chemicals.
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At least 1,500 are expected to be banned or severely restricted in their use as a result. The ...
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