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Joe Chemical

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”

The Democrats on the relevant House subcommittee proposed fixes to the Chemicals in Commerce Act, the deeply flawed reform legislation sponsored by the subcommittee’s chairman, John Shimkus (R-IL). Rather than engage on the proposed fixes, the industry dismissed it…

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Joe Chemical is back!

Who is the face of the chemical industry?

We recently learned some startling things about the chemical industry. Since 2005 they have spent $375 million dollars on elections and lobbying Congress. In just the third quarter of 2012, the chemical industry trade association spent $3.48 million dollars lobbying Congress to block reform. And in the first six months of this year, Dow Chemical […]

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: campaign contributions, chemical industry, Congress, Dow chemical, industry spending, Joe Chemical, lobbying, The chemical industry, lobbying Congress, Joe Camel, Cancer Lobby, Who is the face of the chemical industry?

Joe Chemical is what’s extreme

You know what’s extreme? Daring to use the same dirty tricks Big Tobacco did decades ago. The audacity it takes for the chemical industry to implement and use the same deceptive tactics of distorting science, creating front groups and lying about the efficacy and safety of their chemicals is in fact, extreme. But we’re not […]

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: ACC, chemical industry, Extreme, Joe Chemical, Lindsay Dahl, TSCA reform

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