stop the formaldehyde insanity

STOP THE FORMALDEHYD

E INSANITY

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No such thing as “regulatory

malfeasance”

You can’t put You can’t put the genie the genie

back into the back into the bottle!bottle!

Dalehite v. United States (1953)

Effectively eliminated applying

Federal Tort Claims Act

Discretionary function exception was included because it was not "intended that the constitutionality of legislation, the legality of regulations, or the propriety of a discretionary administrative act, should be tested through the medium of a damage suit for tort."

Thus, industry response must be

Timely

Aggressive

More than a whiny full-page adin the NY Times

The NEGATIVE role model is

DDT

Only one very mild comment at the time from the

CEO of American Cyanamid

Hundreds of scientific errors in Ms. Rachel's book

YETYET

Fast-forward 30-odd years…

and count up millions of malaria deaths

What lessons have been learned?

By all rights, a disaster of this

magnitude…

SHOULD have permanently ruined

the credibility of EPA

But never underestimate the power of spin…

Especially if the other side is playing dead

Health care is SLOWLYcoming back to EtO

With Ethylene oxide

So-called alternatives

are not as effective

But, plenty of damage

has been done

Precepts for a proactive strategy

The science is a given, and is on our side. But clearly, science does not matter!

Remember silicone breast implants?

Beat the fear entrepreneurs at their own game!

Want to ban chlorine? You prefer cholera?

Point out that there is risk in trying to be risk-free

Engage the zealots on TV

Zealots and screamers come off quite poorly

TV is a cool medium

Here’s the good news…

The majority of the public

does NOT buy into the Greenie nonsense

Give them a reason to believe in US

Don’t worry!

You are smarter than those on the other side

Yes…

You too can be an activist

Special thanks to…

Betsy Natz and The Formaldehyde Council