Consumer Warning: Bill Could Unravel Protections

Consumer Warning: Bill Could Unravel Protections PORTLAND, Maine – The Regulatory Accountability Act (S-951) sounds innocuous enough, but consumer and public-health advocates say it's anything but. The RAA claims to eliminate red tape for manufacturers, but environmental groups say the measure essentially would ban agencies from keeping pesticides and bacteria such as salmonella out of food, keeping lead out of water, and from preventing exposure to known carcinogens such as asbestos. Anne Kelly, the senior program director of public policy for the sustainability nonprofit, Ceres and BICEP Network, says public health is at stake. ...(Read More)