Using Competition-Based Regulation to Bridge the Toxics Data Gap

摘要

The important but still seemingly unobtainable goal for chemical regulation is to generate a great deal of useful information which in turn informs decisions about the risks of chemicals on the market. When set against a regulatory community that enjoys asymmetrical information regarding their products and that is well-organized and well-staffed, the few overburdened environmental groups and regulators who represent the diffuse public cannot begin to keep up.