Very briefly, I'd point to the fact that, as Mr. Lloyd correctly says, we have the powers, but then we look at the emergence of chemicals that come up that turn out to have these harmful properties. We look at brominated flame retardants and other examples. How is it that our legislation has failed to prevent pollution by those? That's the approach. We're looking for ways to ensure that substances like that are dealt with not after the fact but in advance.
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