DN - U.S. IS CHINA'S TOXIC DUMPING GROUND BY CHOICE

February 24, 2009
US Lags Behind Europe in Regulating Toxicity of Everyday Products
We speak to award-winning investigative journalist Mark Schapiro, author of Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and Whats at Stake for American Power. Schapiro writes, The European-led revolution in chemical regulation requires that thousands of chemicals finally be assessed for their potentially toxic effects on human beings and signals the end of American industrys ability to withhold critical data from the public.