Industrials

Correction: Congress-EPA-Hazardous Substances story

In a story Sept. 6 about lawmakers pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to act faster to bring more of the country's most hazardous industrial compounds under regulation, The Associated Press erroneously referred to Rep. Fred Upton as Rep. Tom Upton.

Congress wants EPA to more quickly regulate unsafe chemicals

Republican and Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to act faster to bring more hazardous chemicals and substances under regulation in the U.S. A House environment subcommittee held a hearing Thursday on one such substance, an industrial compound widely used to make firefighting foam, nonstick cookware and fast-food wrappers.