Washington Bill to Save Orcas Makes Waves With Chemical Industry

A bill that would give Washington state regulators the power to ban toxic substances in an effort to protect critically endangered killer whales is getting pushback from the chemicals industry.

The bill would regulate the presence of a chemical in a consumer product and could lead to outright bans in order to protect either humans or killer whales, also known as orcas.

The 75 orcas that remain in the waters north of Puget Sound, down from a high of 98 in 1995, live in family pods that spend much of the year wending their way through the relatively ...