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House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law

https://murica.website/2026/01/house-gop-bill-would-roll-back-key-protections-in-us-chemical-safety-law/

House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law

https://murica.website/2026/01/house-gop-bill-would-roll-back-key-protections-in-us-chemical-safety-law/

House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law

https://murica.website/2026/01/house-gop-bill-would-roll-back-key-protections-in-us-chemical-safety-law/

House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law

https://murica.website/2026/01/house-gop-bill-would-roll-back-key-protections-in-us-chemical-safety-law/

House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law

https://murica.website/2026/01/house-gop-bill-would-roll-back-key-protections-in-us-chemical-safety-law/

From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html

From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html

From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html

From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html

From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html

#OpenSecrets: Facing new attempts to regulate #toxic substances, the #chemical industry’s #lobbying expenses skyrocketed in 2022

By Inci Sayki
April 5, 2023 2:22 pm

"The chemical and related manufacturing industry spent $65.9 million on lobbying Congress and federal agencies in 2022, fighting – in part – against stronger chemical restrictions. That’s a nominal record for the industry, an OpenSecrets’ analysis of recent federal disclosure filings found.

"In the past, the industry has successfully lobbied to water down federal regulations on chemicals that pose serious health risks. This success was partly due to chronic funding challenges and staffing shortages at the #EPA, which is tasked with regulating toxic chemicals under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act. Roadblocks under former President Donald #Trump’s administration, both cash-driven and due to his EPA appointees with roots in the chemical industry, also curbed the agency’s regulatory capabilities in recent years.

"President Joe #Biden’s administration, however, is preparing to set stronger standards on a range of #ToxicChemicals after legislation to expand regulations stalled under the Trump administration. New measures to restrict certain toxic compounds like #asbestos and a group of chemicals known as #PFAS, often referred to as '#ForeverChemicals,' were proposed in March.

"The American Chemistry Council, an industry trade association representing over 190 American chemical companies, was the top lobbying organization in the industry for the fourth year in a row. The industry group spent $19.8 million in 2022, more money than it previously spent in a single year, to lobby legislation relating to chemical regulation, taxes and transportation."

The article goes on to talk about #Dow...

"The second biggest federal lobbying spender of the chemical industry in 2022 was Dow Inc., a Michigan-based corporation that spent $6.9 million. Some top issues they tackled in their lobbying efforts related to #energy and #nuclear power, as well as environment and contamination at #superfund sites – polluted locations requiring long term clean up efforts. Dow is among the top three chemical producers in the world and was formerly merged with #DuPont."

Read more:
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/04/facing-new-attempts-to-regulate-toxic-substances-the-chemical-industrys-lobbying-expenses-skyrocketed-in-2022/

#ToxicWaste #PFOS #DowChemical #Polluters #Pollution #ChemicalIndustries #AmericanChemistryCouncil #EastPalestine