Insider:Ich log über giftige Chemikalien für Exxon, DuPont,

Insider:Ich log über giftige Chemikalien für Exxon, DuPont,

Beitragvon shadow » Montag 18. Mai 2015, 09:03

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05.13.15

"Ich log über giftige Chemikalien für Exxon, DuPont, und ihre Lobbyisten "

Eine Handelsgruppe, unterstützt durch Öl- und Chemiegiganten, bestritt, dass es hinter einer Kampagne zur Gruppenfreistellungsverordnungen potenziell giftige Flammschutzmittel war/ um Vorschriften von potentiell toxischen Flammschutzmittel zu blockieren . Aber ein Insider ist es endlich soweit sauber....


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05.13.155:15 AM ET

‘I Lied About Toxic Chemicals for Exxon, DuPont, and Their Lobbyists’

A trade group, backed by oil and chemical giants, denied it was behind a campaign to block regulations of potentially toxic flame retardants. But an insider has finally come clean.

By David Heath, Center for Public Integrity


The chemical industry’s powerful trade group, the American Chemistry Council, has long maintained that it had nothing to do with an enormously successful but deceitful lobbying effort in state capitals to defend the use of potentially ineffective and toxic flame retardants in furniture. ...

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Insider: die Glaubwürdigkeit der chemischen Industrie sinkt

Beitragvon Kira » Freitag 5. Juni 2015, 11:01

Weil ein Eingeweihter/Insider spricht, die Glaubwürdigkeit der chemischen Industrie sinkt

Höhepunkte
Ein Industrielobbyist erzählt über eine industrieunterstützte Vordergruppe

Lobbyist hilft Verfechter für Rechnungen, die er einmal versucht hat zu töten

Amerikanische Chemieratsaussagen werden in Zweifel gezogen

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Editorials
May 20, 2015

As an insider speaks out, chemical industry’s credibility sinks



Highlights
An industry lobbyist tells about an industry-backed front group

Lobbyist helps advocate for bills he once tried to kill

American Chemistry Council’s statements are called into question


By the Editorial Board


Politicians know the cover-up can be worse than the crime.

Parents tell their children that no matter what bonehead stunt they pull, they’ll make it worse by lying.


Perhaps some American Chemistry Council and corporate executives whose companies produce certain types of flame retardants didn’t learn that lesson.

The chemistry council denied involvement with an AstroTurf group known as Citizens for Fire Safety, an industry front that lobbied against legislation to restrict what Gov. Jerry Brown calls “toxic flame retardants.” The chemicals had become ubiquitous in the environment and showed up in mothers’ breast milk.

Last month, industry lobbyist Grant Gillham wrote a powerful letter to the California Legislature detailing how he established the front group in 2007 at the request of the American Chemistry Council and three member corporations that produce the flame retardants. ...


http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorial ... 12046.html



Dan Morain
January 26, 2014

Dan Morain: An insider questions so-called science behind toxic flame retardants



Highlights A discarded insider talks about killing bills to ban toxic flame retardants.


http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-colum ... 89595.html
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