Use of potentially harmful chemicals kept secret under law - washingtonpost.com,
, Washington Post, Washington, D.C., (2010)
"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."
