In continuing it's efforts to evaluate the potential exposure risk from Endocrine Disruptors, yesterday US EPA released a 60-day "...Public Review and Comment on Draft Information Collection Request for Tier 2 Data for Pesticide Chemicals for Endocrine Disruptor Screening".
Short version? They are creating a list that is a subset of the Final Tier 1 list (posted June 14, 2013) already created that would need additional testing.
Science helps create the questions, but both the regulations and the monitoring & sampling plans have to fit into a legal structure, while attempting to comply with the rights of ALL individuals who would be impacted. While that all may sound like "double-speak", it is the system we have allowed and encouraged to be created by our legislatures.
The key is to take time to read, ask questions, and GET ANSWERS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. Not doing that leaves us with answers and actions we don't like! We are responsible...
http://www.epa.gov/endo/
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