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Memo to House: Stand Firm on States’ Rights

As you may know, staff from both chambers of Congress have nearly completed work reconciling different versions of chemical safety reform legislation (TSCA reform) that passed last year. (H.R. 2576 and S. 697 respectively.) Reportedly, there is at least one major sticking point remaining: should states be blocked for up to 4 years from taking action against a toxic chemical while EPA studies the chemical?

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: coalition, Congress, EPA, Senate, Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA reform, House, state authority

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Broad coalition lays out “best of both” vision for TSCA reform

Today, more than 125 organizations sent a letter to House and Senate committee leaders spelling out in detail how the “best of both” TSCA bills emerging from the House and Senate could be combined. The groups said they would support a final bill that reflected the recommendations in the letter.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: asbestos, coalition, Congress, EPA, PBTs, Senate, testing, Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA reform, rollbacks, Risk Management, House, endorsement, mandatory schedule, public right to know, state authority, resources

Grateful for your help in the safer chemicals movement

We’ve had an incredible year so far, and wanted to capture just a few of the highlights to say thank you.

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