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EPA Proposal to Expand List of Chemicals of Concern Applauded

This represents only a small step toward ensuring chemical safety. The necessary review and prioritization of tens of thousands of existing chemicals for safety assessments and risk management can only be achieved through fundamental reform of TSCA.

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Safe Chemicals Act of 2010: The Tweet-Up

Big thanks to our coalition partners Healthy Child, Healthy World for organizing a Twitter party designed to help our movement get informed and mobilized for real reform! Here’s more detailed information on the Tweet-up from the Healthy Child, Healthy World web site. . . Parents should not have to be toxicologists to have a safe home. […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: healthy child, The chemical industry, TSCA reform, twitter chat, Twitter party, Healthy Families coalition, Learn more about the Safer Chemicals, Margie Kelly, Claire Moshenberg, protect our children's health, join the battle, Congressmen Waxman, The Safe Chemicals Act of 2010, Parents should not have to be toxicologists, the chemical regulatory system is flawed, Healthy World, get informed

Senator Lautenberg introduces the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010

Today Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010, an ambitious bill aimed at revamping the 34-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. This is not the first time Congress has attempted to fix our nation’s flawed system for regulating toxic chemicals, but it is the first time that both chemical industry […]

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: EPA, Safe Chemicals Act, TSCA reform, The Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition, chemical industry representatives, 21st Century, landmark legislation, chemical industry lobbyists and public health advocates, regulating toxic chemicals

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