When we wrote the new law over the last couple of years, we told EPA to--try to first figure out whether or not a chemical was dangerous, and then to consider the cost when the agency was deciding how to protect people from whatever risk the agency had identified.
Carper explains the intent behind the new chemical safety law.
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