Under the TTIP US-EU trade agreement, the world's largest chemical corporations would be able to attack US states' attempts to regulate for chemical safety, writes Patrick Gleeson. In both the US and the EU, corporate rights - asserted in secret courts - would trump democracy and attempts to raise health, safety and welfare standards.
… paying foreign corporations to keep cancer-causing chemicals out of your water … that BPA stimulates the growth of breast cancer cells and lowers the efficacy of cancer treatments. Another study this year, …