Most industrial chemicals used in the US lack human safety testing
Evidence
Approximately 60,000 industrial chemicals commonly used in the United States have never been tested for their effects on humans. In our country, safety tests are undertaken only when a chemical is suspected to be harmful. — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 35 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Tens of thousands of US industrial chemicals remain untested for human harm — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 35; Modern humans carry hundreds of untested synthetic chemicals never present before 1920 — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 134
Related
- Tens of thousands of US industrial chemicals remain untested for human harm (similarity 0.97)
- US regulation demands proof of harm before restricting industrial chemicals (similarity 0.90)
- Modern humans carry hundreds of untested synthetic chemicals never present before 1920 (similarity 0.88)
- We’ve all been exposed to tens of thousands of virtually untested chemicals for decades (similarity 0.88)
- Pre-market chemical safety testing would save more than it costs (similarity 0.81)
Library Connections
- Tens of thousands of US industrial chemicals remain untested for human harm
#corroborates(0.95) — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 35