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Ed Markey: “Under my amendment, chemicals which have already been deemed by EPA to be worthy of further assessment and have also…”

On the recordApril 27, 2015
Under my amendment, chemicals which have already been deemed by EPA to be worthy of further assessment and have also been deemed as a carcinogen by either the National Institutes of Health or the National Academies of Science or the World Health Organization or have been banned by a foreign country would be eligible for fast regulation by the EPA.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey proposes an amendment for expedited regulation of known harmful chemicals.

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