Wendy Wagner is a law professor at the University of Texas School of Law and a Member Scholar at the Center for Progressive Reform. She just published “Incomprehensible!” (with Will Walker), a book that explores approaches to chemical regulation and other regulatory programs.

A version of this article originally appeared on Undark

Industrial chemical polluters are almost unregulated in the US. We can do more

The existing regulatory framework puts too much burden on the Environmental Protection Agency — and too little on manufacturers