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Paul Tonko: The Toxic Substances Control Act has not worked well. We have too little information about many of the chemicals we…

On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
The Toxic Substances Control Act has not worked well. We have too little information about many of the chemicals we encounter every day.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko criticizes the effectiveness of the Toxic Substances Control Act regarding chemical information.

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