SAFE CHEMICAL FACILITIES—Chemical industry lobbyists have thwarted
strong bills at the federal level year after year—bills that would protect
communities from chemical accidents.
Pushing Past The
Chemical Lobby
Thanks in part to members, scientists,
advocates and congressional
champions, the past summer was
a critical opportunity to loosen the
chemical lobby’s stranglehold on
Washington, D.C.
Iowa PIRG
Citizen Advocate
Fall 2007
Vol. 9, No. 1
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