In the Weekly Standard, Jonathan Last describes the process by which all of our dishwashing detergents stopped working in July. If Last's description of a "voluntary agreement" to not sell detergents with phosphates is accurate, it just may violate the antitrust laws, as Josh Wright describes in response to my suggestion. Class action?
Phosphate ban in detergents
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |



