When I read this I was amazed and disappointed that we could be so unsure about potentially harmful chemicals LeBlanc (2010) went on to provide a reason. This reason is that the Environmental Protection Agency can only require after there is evidence that a substance poses a health risk under the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976. LeBlanc (2010) goes on to state that this is the only important environmental legislation that has not been updated and that only five chemicals have been regulated since the law came into force. This act is crazy to me and I can't believe it was ever passed. It seems quite obvious to me that we should test chemicals for safety before placing them on the market. We should do this for a number of reasons. One of the most important is the health of pregnant women and their