• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Safer Chemicals Healthy Families

A national effort to protect families from toxic chemicals.

  • Get Involved
  • Our Work
    • News
    • Public Policy
    • Mind the Store
    • Successes
  • Get the Facts
  • About
  • Donate

bobby rush

States Lead on Toxic Chemical Reform While Congress Lags Behind, New Report Says

73% of Republicans and 99% of Democrats favored stronger protection of children’s health and the environment from dangerous chemicals, with equal support from governors of each party.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, bobby rush, Environmental Health Strategies Center, Frank Lautenberg, hazardous chemicals, henry waxman, Mike Belliveau, safer chemicals, Safer States, Sarah Doll, toxic chemicals, toxic chemicals safety act, toxics, TSCA, TSCA reform, toxic chemical regulation, safe chemicals act of 2010

Environmental Council on States Today Passed Resolution Calling for Sweeping Federal Chemical Policy Reform

TSCA has been widely acknowledged as failing to protect public health and the environment from the tens of thousands of chemicals in everyday products and in commerce.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, bobby rush, ecos, federal chemical policy, Frank Lautenberg, hazardous chemicals, House Energy and Commerce Committee, safer chemicals, toxic chemicals, toxic chemicals safety act of 2010, toxics, TSCA, TSCA reform, environmental council

Momentum Builds in Congress to Overhaul U.S. Chemicals Policy

Congressmen Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) today introduced a groundbreaking bill to overhaul U.S. chemicals policy in the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, bobby rush, cancer, hazardous chemicals, henry waxman, President’s cancer panel, safer chemicals, toxic chemicals, toxics, TSCA, TSCA reform, safe chemicals act of 2010

Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

rain jacket

Tell REI: Stop leaving a toxic trail of pollution

Take Action

Subscribe to Posts

Get our latest posts delivered to your inbox.

Get the Facts

These chemicals are linked to serious environmental and health problems. Check out our fact sheets, which draw from the leading peer-reviewed science.

  • Bisphenol A (BPA) & Bisphenol S (BPS)
  • Formaldehyde
  • Methylene chloride
  • Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic Chemicals (PBTs)
  • PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
  • Phthalates
  • Toxic flame retardants
Other Chemicals »

Footer

Contact Us

200 Massachusetts Ave NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
Email

Search

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

© 2022 Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families — All rights reserved.

  • About Us
  • Privacy policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Feed