Environmental and Health Regulation in the United States and the European Union

During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the United States increasingly has relaxed its regulatory posture in the face of critical challenges to public health and the environment. This is true for regulation of recycling of end-of-life product

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Protecting Public and Planet

MITCHELL P. SMITH

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Environmental and Health Regulation in the United States and the European Union

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH REGULATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

Copyright © Mitchell P. Smith, 2012. First published in 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–10936–0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Mitchell P., 1960– Environmental and health regulation in the United States and the European Union : protecting public and planet / Mitchell P. Smith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978–0–230–10936–0 (hardback) 1. Environmental policy—United States. 2. Environmental policy— European Union countries. 3. Medical policy—United States. 4. Medical policy—European Union countries. I. Title. GE180.S44 2012 363.7⬘056094—dc23

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Acknowledgments

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1. Divergent Regulatory Trajectories

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