ABSTRACT
In 1931, the Bureau of Chemistry in the Agriculture Department became the Food and Drug Administration and the only federal regulatory agency active in health and safety issues until 1964. Other critics of social regulation stress that the goals of social regulation are appropriate, but problems of effectiveness are due to excess control or overregulation. Another social regulatory agency that has been embroiled in controversy of late is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency was established in 1970 and charged with controlling pollution by conducting research, defining performance standards, monitoring results and enforcing compliance. In 1966, the National Traffic Safety Agency and the National Highway Safety Agency were added to the Department of Commerce. The Carter administration addressed these shortcomings by using a variety of agencies to review regulatory proposals. In the area of social regulation, the task is much more complex and problematic due to the immense magnitude of achieving its goals.
