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Warning Signs

The Ninth Circuit's decaBDE ruling is more than a rebuke to one weak chemical rule. It is the first judicial reading of Congress's expedited-action command for the most persistent toxic chemicals—and a warning that EPA must prove what is not practicable, not merely prefer what is easy.

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