Tens of thousands of US industrial chemicals remain untested for human harm

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

Categorization

• corroborated: 419 independent passages support this claim — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 35
• XREF: connects to: US regulation demands proof of harm before restricting industrial chemicals — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 35; Foods labeled ‘generally recognized as safe’ are often never actually tested for safety — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 1093; Most industrial chemicals used in the US lack human safety testing (+2 more)

Related

• We’ve all been exposed to tens of thousands of virtually untested chemicals for decades #corroborates (0.90) — We Have Failed to Regulate Thousands of Potentially Hazardous Chemicals, Warn Scientists

Library Connections

• Most industrial chemicals used in the US lack human safety testing #corroborates (0.95)