Many people already encounter dioxin exposures that are too high.
Americans need equal environmental protection under the law, instead of the existing ineffective and contradictory patchwork of state dioxin regulations. A national policy to control dioxin and related chemicals is long overdue. People who eat fish from contaminated waters are at even higher risk than the general population, as are fetuses and young children. EDF staff were among those invited by the EPA to review several chapters of the reassessment, and provided comments throughout the three-year effort. The Environmental Defense Fund, a leading, national, NYbased nonprofit organization, represents 250,000 members.