“The President’s Cancer Panel is…releasing a landmark 200-page report on Thursday, warning that our lackadaisical approach to regulation [of chemicals] may have far-reaching consequences for our health.”

“The report blames weak laws, lax enforcement and fragmented authority, as well as the existing regulatory presumption that chemicals are safe unless strong evidence emerges to the contrary.”

“Only a few hundred of the more than 80,000 chemicals in use in the United States have been tested for safety,” the report says. It adds: “Many known or suspected carcinogens are completely unregulated.”

“Some 41 percent of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives”

think it’s time to take this shit for real yet?

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