EPA’s Toxic “Negotiation”

"Jones’s comments underscore a real dilemma for industry: Even though EPA lacks scientific justification for regulating many chemicals — which have been used safely for decades — regulators can demonize products simply by placing them on 'concern lists.' But TSCA reform won’t improve things for industry, it will simply feed the regulatory beast. Jones might as well have said: 'We have a gun to your head. Now please give us the power to pull the trigger and put you out of your misery.'”