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Spheres of Influence
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Obstructing Authority: Does the EPA Have the Power to Ensure Commercial Chemicals Are Safe? Melissa Lee Phillips Abstract
Thirty years ago the U.S. government had virtually no way of knowing what chemicals were imported, manufactured, used, or released into the environment, and no way of regulating these chemicals before they appeared on the market. That changed when Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976. Today, however, observers are asking whether the act has lived up to its initial promise and what powers the EPA actually has with regard to chemical regulation—questions Congress asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate. August 2006 testimony on the GAO's findings reveals that experts are divided over the answers.
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