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From the article: " But because manufacturers of weed killers are required to disclose only the chemical structures of their “active” ingredients — and can hid
by ArtDev 10y ago
From the article:
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But because manufacturers of weed killers are required to disclose only the chemical structures of their “active” ingredients — and can hide the identity of the rest as confidential business information — for many years no one knew exactly what other chemicals were in these products, let alone how they affected health.
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- JumpCrisscross 10y agoDo we have a better source on this claim?
- maxerickson 10y agoThis page discusses the MSDS disclosure rules for trade secrets: http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/tradesecret.html http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/tradesecret.html In the US, it has to be a legitimate trade secret, not just something they don't feel like disclosing.
- perlgeek 10y agoWouldn't a mass spectroscopy give pretty good clues about the other ingredients?