Subject: Government Matters: Our New Report Finds Chemical Companies Are "Blowing Smoke"
From: Center for Effective Government <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:05:58 -0500

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October 27, 2015

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New Report: Blowing Smoke
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Large chemical companies and their major trade association and
lobbying arm, the American Chemistry Council, say they can maintain
high safety standards through self-regulation and voluntary actions.
Our report finds this isn't the case. Voluntary standards don't
work, and existing regulations are not effectively enforced. Read our
new report.
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Victory: EPA to Propose Rule Requiring Natural Gas Processing Plants
to Report Toxic Pollution

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In response to a petition and lawsuit by environmental and open
government organizations, including the Center for Effective
Government, EPA will propose regulations requiring natural gas
processing plants to start reporting the toxic chemicals they release.
The plants will report to the Toxic Release Inventory, an online
public database to which most other industries have had to report for
more than 20 years.
Read our press release.

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IRS Calls on Coca-Cola to Pay Up
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Following a five year audit of Coca-Cola, the IRS concluded that the
company's strategy of lowering its taxable income through
transfer pricing underestimates the amount the company should've
been paying in taxes. Transfer pricing allows companies to move
profits offshore to places with lower tax rates, avoiding otherwise
higher U.S. taxes. The IRS's willingness to take on Coca-Cola is
a step in the right direction. Read more.
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Teflon in Your Makeup? Yes  and It's Perfectly Legal.

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A new report, co-authored by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and the
Breast Cancer Fund, found a toxic chemical linked to several diseases,
including kidney and breast cancer, in anti-aging products. The
chemical - PFOA - is sometimes added to cosmetics during
the manufacturing process because it aids in blending fats and waters.
PFOA is later removed but trace amounts can remain in the final
product.

How to avoid these products.

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In the News

"Senators, Let Us Read Your Letters," New York Times, October 27, 2015

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"Obama Officials Resurrect George W. Bush Deregulation Plan,"
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"21st century prices for 21st century roads," Herald Independent,
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