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The Department of Toxic Substances Control is charged with protecting people and the environment from the harmful effects of toxic substances. And there's a lot of them, for example,  California produces more than two million tons of hazardous waste each year.

But a new report from the group Consumer Watchdog finds the DTSC isn't pulling its weight.

Liza Tucker, the author of that report, joins the show to explain.