United States legislation following

Dorothy Nelkin Current industry/university relationships developed in the United States following 1980 legislation. One problem is that universities have lost their ability to stand back and be critical. And of course, conflicts of interest are inevitable. 

Theodore Roosevelt, Republican president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Concerned about the impurity and misleading claims of patent medicines, he supported government efforts to improve the safety of drug use with the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. The legislation represented a modest first step but was followed by stronger efforts in decades to follow. 

FIGURE21.1 (See color insert following page 530.) Legislation for fire-safe cigarettes in the United States... 

Although comprehensive regulatory legislation was developed first and most extensively in the United States, all the technically developed nations of the World now regulate the manufacture, sale, and use of agricultural chemicals. The criteria used are not unlike those which were developed over the past several years in the United States. In Europe, the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1991 adopted Directive 91/414/EEC which, included the following goals. ... 

Because of the particular hazards associated with processing large quantities of chemicals and fuels, most governments have enacted legislation to ensure that best safety practices are followed. In the United States., the major federal laws relating to chemical plant safety are... 

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