On Friday, November 13 at 11 am PST, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, the
Business NGO Working Group for Safer Chemicals and Sustainable
Materials and the American Sustainable Business Council will host a webinar on chemicals policy reform and its importance for business.
Click here to register for the Webinar
This webinar will provide an opportunity to understand The
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and its reform as well as to hear
from some leading businesses on why policy reform is important to them.
The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 is broken. The U.S. EPA
has only required testing on about 200 of the more than 82,000
chemicals that have been on the market since the law passed in 1976. Federal action is needed.
For the first time in decades, we have a real opportunity to fix
this problem at its source— and to start to rebuild our economy based
on safer chemicals, materials and products that protect future
generations from serious health and environmental harm. Downstream
users of chemicals are now demanding federal change. It is time to pass
a strong bill to reform TSCA—and start putting common-sense limits on
toxic chemicals.
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Agenda and Presenters:
What is the Toxic Substances Control Act and why should it be reformed?
Charlotte Brody, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families
The Details of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reform
Richard Denison, Environmental Defense Fund
Making the Business Case
Roger McFadden, Staples
What can business do to support TSCA reform?
Dave Rapaport, Seventh Generation
Next Steps
David Levine, Environmental Health Fund, and the American Sustainable Business Council
Mark Rossi, Business NGO Working Group on Safer Chemicals and Sustainable Materials