"We have to make sure that the compound will be sufficiently efficacious to be used in the clinical setting, it has to be safe, and again we can make the drug sufficiently cheaply that it will be appropriate for the use in the clinical setting."
VOA: standard.2010.04.05
Chemicals are used in hundreds of useful products, and most of the thousands of chemicals weuse everyday are safe.
This decision was based upon a careful scientific evaluation and the guidelines that we would use to keep our citizens safe here in the United States, or anywhere in the world.