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Failure to Launch: The endocrine disruptor screening program at the US EPA

It has been 25 years since the U.S. Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, which mandated that the US Environmental Protection Agency test all pesticide chemicals used in food for endocrine disruption. They're still not close to finishing, way past the deadline

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Failure to Launch: The endocrine disruptor screening program at the US EPA

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And how other states, including Pennsylvania, could do the same.

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