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Push For A Sunset Rule For Chemical Trade Secrets

August 28, 2014

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The Hill reports that a coalition of labor, public health and environmental groups is petitioning the EPA to establish a sunset rule for chemical trade secrets. The petition was filed by the group Earthjustice on behalf of the coalition, which includes among others the Environmental Defense Fund, Breast Cancer Fund, and BlueGreen Alliance. The petitioners say that out of about 24,000 chemicals that have entered the market since the 1970’s, about 17,000 remain secret and that constitutes a threat to public health.
The makeup of many chemicals encountered by workers and the public remains a secret for decades, and a coalition of labor, health and environmental groups wants to change the rules.

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