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Perspective

Apr. 23, 2010

Chemical Regulation Turns Over New Leaf

Chemical regulation is about to change in California with the Department of Toxic Substances Control's Safer Alternative Rule, says Ann Grimaldi of McKenna Long & Aldridge.

By Ann Grimaldi

In a scene from the classic prison chain gang movie, "Cool Hand Luke," the Captain brutally knocks down the prisoner, Luke, with a club and announces to the rest of the prisoners, "What we got here...is failure to communicate." Failed communication could fairly well describe the perceived shortcomings of chemical regulation in California and the United States to date. The public feels that industry is not ...

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