Flue-Cured Tobacco Coop. Stabilization Corp. v. EPA

ELR Citation: ELR 21445
No(s). 6:93CV00370 (M.D.N.C. Jul 17, 1998)

The court holds that a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report classifying environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) as a known carcinogen violated the Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research Act. The report classifies ETS as a group A carcinogen known to cause cancer in humans. The court first ...