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Jeff Merkley: “So if, for example, the EPA was to identify a chemical as high risk and a State said, oh, it has been identified as high…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
So if, for example, the EPA was to identify a chemical as high risk and a State said, oh, it has been identified as high risk, we want to put a label on these products to warn people, they would be preempted from doing so under this law?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley raises concerns about state preemption in labeling high-risk chemicals.

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