Biden Weighs Public Health Against Economy in Decision on New Toxic Chemical Rules

Biden Weighs , Public Health Against Economy , in Decision on New Toxic Chemical Rules.

'The New York Times' reports that the Biden administration is getting ready to impose new rules on widely used toxic chemicals.

'The New York Times' reports that the Biden administration is getting ready to impose new rules on widely used toxic chemicals.

Creating the new rules has presented the administration with difficult decisions to make between public health and its economic agenda.

'NYT' reports that many of the chemicals in question are used in the same industries that the president has supported through other policies.

Those policies, meant to boost global competition and national security, include the production of semiconductors and electric vehicles.

Those policies, meant to boost global competition and national security, include the production of semiconductors and electric vehicles.

'NYT' reports that lobbies have already begun to clash regarding the new rules.

Corporations claim new regulations put the administration's goal of nurturing the American economy at risk.

If the national security batteries do not perform as designed, then missiles don’t fire, fighter jets crash, and satellites go dark, Aaron Rice, the director of environmental health and safety at EaglePicher Technologies, via 'The New York Times'.

Advocates for environmental and public health have stressed the need to protect both consumers and workers from exposure to known harmful chemicals.

There is nothing industry won’t say to preserve their right to poison workers and consumers to make a buck, Scott Faber, Advocate of Environmental Working Group, via 'The New York Times'.

'NYT' reports that the initial round of regulation is aimed at 10 chemicals the EPA has identified as presenting the most toxic threat and exposure limits based on decades of studies