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A House committee is set to consider legislation that would allow the United States to enter into an international treaty restricting air pollution, but state attorneys general, including Connecticut's, argue the bill would forbid states from enacting their own, stricter limits. The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to consider adoption of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Thursday.
The treaty, which restricts 12 chemicals including PCBs, the insecticide DDT and dioxins, was signed in May 2001 by Christie Todd Whitman, then administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but requires implementation legislation.See the full content of this document
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11 States Oppose Bill On Toxins
The Bush administration argues the legislation would have the greatest...
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