%0 Newspaper Article %B Washington Post %D 2010 %T Use of potentially harmful chemicals kept secret under law - washingtonpost.com %A Layton,Lyndsey %C Washington, D.C. %K press %U http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010302110.html %Z

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"Of the 84,000 chemicals in commercial use in the United States -- from flame retardants in furniture to household cleaners -- nearly 20 percent are secret, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, their names and physical properties guarded from consumers and virtually all public officials under a little-known federal provision."

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