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House Energy and Commerce Committee

Chemical reform coalition calls on Congress to immediately resume TSCA negotiations

Yesterday draft legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was circulated after several months of negotiations between the House and Senate. Representatives Pallone and Tonko, the Ranking Members for the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the relevant subcommittee also announced they were no longer in the final negotiations. In response, Andy Igrejas, Director of Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, released the following statement.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: chemical policy, Congress, EPA, flame retardants, House Energy and Commerce Committee, TSCA, loopholes, Frank Pallone, Tonko, state governments, draft legislation

House Update: Red Flag Edition

The House unveiled a new version of the TSCA Modernization Act (H.R. 2576) last week and it will be voted on by the full House Energy and Commerce Committee tomorrow. We’ve generally been positive about the direction of this effort, in spite of the problems in the original discussion draft for a few reasons: The […]

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Many ways to honor the mothers in our lives.

Last week, members of the Safer Chemicals Healthy Families coalition celebrated the more activist origins of Mothers Day by telling members of Congress that the best gift for moms (and the people who love them) would be to protect our families from toxic chemicals.

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