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Safer chemicals would benefit both consumers and workers

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imageA New Delhi laborer's dirtied hands after work in a shoe factory.Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Almost every product we purchase, use in our homes or give to our children contains tens, if not hundreds, of chemicals. The United States chemical industry alone produced US$769.4 billion worth of chemicals in 2012. The electronics that light up our smartphones...

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