Today's New York Times editorial Chemical Industry 1, Public Safety 0 rightly questions new anti-terrorist chemical plant safety regulations, especially in light of Greenpeace research into the industry's "undue influence" over the rulemaking. Research by longtime Greenpeace toxics advocate Rick Hind is deservedly cited:

It is troubling that these industry-friendly rules were developed in part by Department of Homeland Security employees who previously worked for the chemical industry -- and who may one day work for it again. Rick Hind, the legislative director of the Greenpeace Toxics Campaign, contends that such employees have had an "undue influence." The department says it draws on former chemical industry workers simply because of their "relevant prior experience."