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Toxic Suspicions Could Fuel Regulatory Overhaul
Environmentalists want to ban BPA -- and also shift the burden of proof for all chemicals.
A network of environmental groups wants to overhaul the nation's chemical-safety laws so that new chemicals, such as one found in cheap baby bottles, would remain off the market until laboratory tests showed that they pose almost no risk to human health.
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