Biden Weighs , Public Health Against Economy , in Decision on New Toxic Chemical Rules.<br />'The New York Times' reports that <br />the Biden administration is getting ready to <br />impose new rules on widely used toxic chemicals.<br />'The New York Times' reports that <br />the Biden administration is getting ready to <br />impose new rules on widely used toxic chemicals.<br />Creating the new rules has presented <br />the administration with difficult decisions to make <br />between public health and its economic agenda.<br />'NYT' reports that many of the chemicals in question <br />are used in the same industries that <br />the president has supported through other policies.<br />Those policies, meant to boost global competition <br />and national security, include the production <br />of semiconductors and electric vehicles.<br />Those policies, meant to boost global competition <br />and national security, include the production <br />of semiconductors and electric vehicles.<br />'NYT' reports that lobbies have already <br />begun to clash regarding the new rules.<br />Corporations claim new regulations <br />put the administration's goal of nurturing <br />the American economy at risk.<br />If the national security batteries <br />do not perform as designed, then <br />missiles don’t fire, fighter jets <br />crash, and satellites go dark, Aaron Rice, the director of environmental health and safety <br />at EaglePicher Technologies, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Advocates for environmental and public health have <br />stressed the need to protect both consumers and <br />workers from exposure to known harmful chemicals.<br />There is nothing industry won’t say to <br />preserve their right to poison workers <br />and consumers to make a buck, Scott Faber, Advocate of Environmental <br />Working Group, via 'The New York Times'.<br />'NYT' reports that the initial round of regulation is aimed at <br />10 chemicals the EPA has identified as presenting the most <br />toxic threat and exposure limits based on decades of studies
