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Sheldon Whitehouse: “It may be appropriate to differentiate within that list, and it may be important to have somebody other than the…”

On the recordAugust 3, 2010
It may be appropriate to differentiate within that list, and it may be important to have somebody other than the manufacturer in a basically unreviewed disclosure of certain toxicity data come to a decision about the safety or not of the product.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse emphasizes the need for independent safety evaluations of approved products.

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