The most important quote in this story about the EPA banning pressure
treated lumber (which contains arsenic) is from Michael Brows, former
general council at the EPA. He says, "The trouble with these product
safety decisions is you get tremendous pressure." What he's talking
about is pressure from the industry: pressure-treated lumber suppliers
have absolutely no interest in taking arsenic-laced lumber off the
market, regardless of the risks to human health.
It takes great
courage and strict adherance to principles for an agency like the EPA do
to the right thing, especially when it inevitably harms the profits of
private industry. In contrast, the FDA has no such courage and routinely
fails to look out for the safety of the public. The FDA almost always
chooses industry profits (drug companies) over public safety, and would
do well to learn from the higher integrity of the EPA.
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