How US chemical industry lobbying and cash defeated regulation in Trump era

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The industry’s congressional allies defeated nearly all PFAS legislation while the Trump EPA killed, watered down or slowalked new rules that never went into effect

“They see the chemicals as a profit center and don’t want to give up that product, and they oppose any regulation that could cut into their revenue,” said said Erik Olson, a lobbyist with the Natural Resources Defense Council who has worked opposite the PFAS manufacturers.

 

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Good Lord they didn’t defeat anything they had their man in the office.

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