The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday

[Guest guest]

This says it all with all the problems lately with products from

China. http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/59714/?page=1 Very

good read. I would like to talk to this guy.

Also this is something I have been reading the last few days from

Washington, all about how the Bush administration wrote to other

countries telling them not to regulate our products when the the EU

government was getting ready to regulate their products. It is long

but good reading. They are not supposed to influence other countries

but The Bush Administration did. Here it is. Worth reading but long

Read the report first.

Investigations Chronology http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?

ID=427egislation About

Schedule Hearings Subcommittees Minority Office

Thursday, April 01, 2004

Chemical Regulation

The Chemical Industry, the Bush Administration, and European Efforts

to Regulate Chemicals

This report examines how the Bush Administration responded to a

landmark effort by the European Union to reduce the risks of chemical

exposure. The report is based on documents obtained by the

Environmental Health Fund, a small nonprofit environmental

organization, and provided to the Special Investigations Division.

These documents provide a case study in how a powerful special

interest can influence the nation's foreign policy.

Documents and Links

Background: Cable from Secretary to EU State Department Posts

Background: Cable from Secretary to Posts in the EU Member

States and the Mission to the EU

Background: Cable from Deputy Chief of U.S. Mission to the EU

Background: Cable from Secretary to U.S. Embassies

Background: Department of Commerce Chemical Policy Issue Paper

Background: Department of Commerce Chemicals Outreach Strategy

Background: Department of Commerce Chemicals White Paper

Background: Department of Commerce Event Brief

Background: Department of Commerce Report on APEC Meetings

Background: Email from Commerce Dept. Office of Market Access and

Compliance

Background: Email from EPA Pollution Prevention & Toxics to Clean

Production Action

Background: Email from USTR to Trade Associations and Companies

Background: Memo from Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary

Background:Cable from U.S. Ambassador to Germany

Cable from U.S. Ambassador to Greece to State Department

Letter to EPA

Letter to the Commerce Dept.

Letter to the President

Letter to the State Department

Letter to U.S. Trade Representative

Statement by EU Spokesman

The Report