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TSCA Reform: The Most Important Work Comes Next

Last night, the Senate passed its bill to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This is a milestone that we have worked toward for years, but it also comes with some big red flags.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: chemical industry, confidential business information, EPA, Senate, TSCA reform, vulnerable populations, Senate bill, S.697, CBI, House bill, grandfathering, rulemaking, conference, imported products, chemical reviews, imports, legal hoops, enforceable schedule

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Responding to Joe Nocera’s Column

The Value of Knowing and Caring about What’s Actually in Legislation

 

It looks as though the Senate is likely to vote on TSCA reform this week and the propaganda machine is in full swing. Yesterday, I took a call from New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, thinking he was writing about the legislation and what the issues were. I didn’t realize he was actually writing a column about us, instigated, as he admits, by his “old friend” at the Environmental Defense Fund’s affiliate. The column is flat wrong, but it also provides an opportunity to talk about where we are and what’s at stake.

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