California Tallies the Health Cost of Chemical Exposure

Researchers at the two California universities say spotty regulatory oversight of toxic chemicals cost the state $2.6 billion in direct and indirect costs in 2004. The state’s Environmental Protection Agency (Sacramento) commissioned the report, which was written by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles. The report is expected to be part of a renewed push by some California lawmakers to pass legislation for a chemical testing law that would require reporting on the sale of high production volume...

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