A chemical industry covert plan to undermine safety campaigns, including the creation of phony front groups and spying on activists, has been unearthed in a memo obtained by Environmental Working Group (EWG). The memo recommends that the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the lobbying association for US chemical companies, hire a crisis communications firm that promotes itself as the attack dog of the public relations industry to fight back against California’s adoption of laws and regulations that embrace the ‘precautionary principle’ (PP).
