title: Industry efforts to weaken the EPA's classification of the carcinogenicity of 1,3-butadiene.
abstract: Industry's success in negotiating away science at the level of governmental regulatory agencies is eroding the integrity of the regulatory process. Maneuvers used by industry to weaken the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's classification of the carcinogenicity of butadiene are described.
authors.affiliation: Natural Resources Defense Council, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, USA. jsass@nrdc.org
authors.forename: Jennifer Beth
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sass
mesh_terms: D002070:Butadienes / Q000145:classification* / Q000633:toxicity; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000145:classification* / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000592:standards*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000145:classification*; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D002070:Butadienes; D002273:Carcinogens; C031763:1,3-butadiene