I just ran into this article which is a good follow-up to yesterdays post about the dangers of plastics.

Toxic inaction: Why poisonous, unregulated chemicals end up in our blood

The article shows the history of how we ended up with regulations that pretend to protect us, but don’t in practice. One of the best quotes:

“The assumption among Americans is, ‘If it’s on the market, it’s okay,’” explained Robert Donkers, an E.U. official who was asked to review Europe’s regulatory laws after the baby-product scare. “That fantasy is gone in Europe.”