Abstract
Since the first of the year, the American Chemical Society has transmitted four official policy statements on environmental, educational, and government personnel issues to the appropriate members of Congress and the executive branch. The first statement, sent to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D.-Calif.), chairman of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health & the Environment, expresses the society's strong support for Congressional and Administration proposals designed to enhance the safety of the nation's food supply. The proposals establish consistent standards for setting tolerances for pesticide residue in processed and on unprocessed food, and repeal the Delaney clause, which prohibits the presence of any cancer-causing chemical at any amount in food. Replacing the Delaney clause with the de minimis concept that insignificant risk need not be regulated would protect the public while providing a varied, affordable food supply, ACS says. Furthermore, ACS suggests that the Environmental Protection Agency be ...
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