Abstract
Chemicals identified as cancercausing are not being systematically regulated by the federal agencies charged with protecting the public from chemical hazards, according to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. Fewer than half the 145 chemicals listed in the federal government's Annual Report on Carcinogens have been regulated, notes a just-released OTA report, Identifying and Regulating Carcinogens. And agencies have regulated fewer than one third of the chemicals testing positive for carcinogenicity under the animal test program of the National Cancer Institute /National Toxicology Program (NCI/NTP). Of more than 300 chemicals tested in that program, 144 show some evidence of carcinogenicity. The Food & Drug Administration, for instance, has acted on just 17 of 48 positive-testing chemicals associated with food or color additives or cosmetics. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration has set exposure standards for 29 of 53 positive-testing chemicals found in the workplace, but 27 of...
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