EPA

April 23, 2016

Both celebrating Earth Day and the resurgence of Spring, the Environmental Protection Agency launched its Safer Choice program in Pennsylvania.  The campaign is a movement to encourage spring cleaners to buy cleaning supplies that are safe for the family, family pet, and environment.  The EPA has partnered with over 500 companies to support the initiative, and over 2,000 supplies have been certified as "safe choices."  Supplies range from shampoos, to laundry detergents, to automobile care products.  The locally famous Weis Supermarket has become a key partner of the EPA and will promote the Safer Choice program.

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-wants-consumers-look-safer-choice-label-when-selecting-spring-cleaning-products

With the Safer Choice program, the EPA is acting as a BUREAUCRATIC, REGULATORY AGENCY.  They may not specifically setting out a group of REGULATIONS, but they are guiding the public in a manner to meet their goal: protecting the environment and the public.  The EPA became an extension of the FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY in 1970, when it was founded by Richard Nixon.

I agree with the actions of the EPA in this instance.  They are using their power as a regulatory agency, but they are guiding the public instead of putting out set regulations.  It promotes good stewardship of our resources in a positive way.  It also may diminish the amount of RED TAPE involved with the program because it is not a mandate.

The founder of the EPA