ELR Citation: ELR 20335
No(s). 00-5364 (D.C. Cir. Nov 23, 2001)

The court holds that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in upgrading dioxin from the list of "reasonably anticipated" human carcinogens to the list of "known" human carcinogens. The upgrade was set forth in the HHS' Ninth Report...