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Saying Children Should Not Be Used as Guinea Pigs for Testing Effects of Toxic Chemicals, Senator Frank Lautenberg Announces Plans to Introduce a Safer Chemicals Bill Soon

In a crowded Senate hearing room, the law governing toxic chemical production and use was explored and determined to be inadequate to protect families and children from health effects linked to toxic chemical exposure.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, BPA, CDC, children's health, Environmental Working Group, EPA, Frank Lautenberg, hazardous chemicals, mercury, NIEHS, pregnancy, safer chemicals, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, toxic chemicals, toxics, washington toxics coalition, toxic chemical production, chemical production, molly jones gray, stephen owens, henry falk, GAO, john stephenson, linda birnbaum, ken cook, charles mckay, hartford hospital

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