来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：环境政治与法律 第2集 第2集》
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product, it often will take EPA up to a环保署常常要花上 -
decade or fifteen years to go through a review to determine十年或十五年的审查来确定 -
whether or not that chemical is safe,这种化学物质是否安全 -
whether or not it poses excessive risk,是否造成额外风险 -
or what the economic benefit is.或有何经济效益 -
If it's being reviewed under a balancing and cost standard,如果用平衡成本标准来审查它 -
so that -- now, imagine this.想象下 -
Out of the 80,000 chemicals国际商务中 -
that are out there in international commerce,有八万种化学物质 -
if it takes EPA fifteen years to review one chemical,如果环保署要花十五年审查其中一种 -
what does that tell you about what their capacity是为了告诉你们他们 -
is to manage your exposure管理你们接触危险物的能力