The Unraveling and Remaking of the State’s Toxics Regulator

In the year and a half since NBC Bay Area News first launched Toxic Regulation: Failures in the Golden State, the Department of Toxic Substances Control has faced serious scrutiny from lawmakers, auditors, ethics investigators, and its own leaders. The department that’s tasked with protecting public health and the environment admitted that it needed to make some major improvements, while critics say the DTSC has a long way to go.

This interactive timeline identifies key developments and decisions made by the legislature, investigators and DTSC officials themselves—many of which were spurred by Investigative Unit reports.

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