INFLUENCE GAME: Chemical trade tries to shape regs

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http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/09/12/3375792/influence-game-chemical-trade.html?sp=/99/261/



FILE - In this June 12, 2013 file photo, Senate Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health subcommittee Chairman Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The powerful chemical industry is putting its lobbying muscle behind legislation that would establish standards for chemicals used in products from household goods to cellphones and plastic water bottles _ but also make it tougher for states to regulate them.

INFLUENCE GAME: Chemical trade tries to shape regs
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press
September 12, 2014 Updated 3 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — The powerful chemical industry is putting its lobbying muscle behind legislation that would establish standards for chemicals used in products from household goods to cellphones and plastic water bottles — but also make it tougher for states to enact their own regulations.

Many states already have acted on their own — and that's what's gotten the industry's attention.

"Rather than be picked apart on a state-by-state basis, with different regulations, we needed to have a coherent and cohesive federal system," said Anne Kolton, spokeswoman for the American Chemistry Council.

The group, which represents such chemical powerhouses as Dow, DuPont, BASF Corp. and 3M, spent nearly $6 million on lobbying in the first half of the year, the most recent reporting period.

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1. just think of all the money

they would save if they didn't have to strong-arm the state politicians. I bet this bill is full of loopholes.