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"Use of Potentially Harmful Chemicals Kept Secret Under Law"

"Of the 84,000 chemicals in commercial use in the United States -- from flame retardants in furniture to household cleaners -- nearly 20 percent are secret, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, their names and physical properties guarded from consumers and virtually all public officials under a little-known federal provision."

Source: Wash Post, 01/04/2010

"EPA May Propose C8 Rules -- in 2012"

"The Obama administration announced Wednesday it might write rules to limit the manufacture, processing and use of C8 and related perfluorinated chemicals, but would not propose any such regulations until at least 2012."

Source: Charleston Gazette, 12/31/2009

"AP Enterprise: Feds Mull Regulating Drugs in Water"

"Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some of the contaminants while acknowledging they could threaten human health."

Source: AP, 12/23/2009

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