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Science 23 November 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5854, p. 1217
DOI: 10.1126/science.1151604
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Editorial

Toxic Dilemmas

Donald Kennedy

After all these years of environmental regulation, the laws and rules regarding the introduction of toxic chemicals into consumer products and the environment are still ineffectual. After an earlier lifetime in which I worried about lead, polybrominated biphenyls in plastics, and the like, I got reacquainted with toxic dilemmas. It happened because of a reunion with an old friend who has a long familiarity with the use of toxic substances as fire retardants in consumer products. Here's the story.

Donald Kennedy is the Editor-in-Chief of Science.

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