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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, charles mckay, chemical production, children's health, Environmental Working Group, EPA, Frank Lautenberg, GAO, hartford hospital, hazardous chemicals, henry falk, john stephenson, ken cook, linda birnbaum, mercury, molly jones gray, NIEHS, pregnancy, safer chemicals, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, stephen owens, toxic chemical production, toxic chemicals, toxics, washington toxics coalition

US Senate to hear testimony from three federal agencies about need to reform nation’s chemical law

The U.S. Senate will hear testimony from key government agencies related to the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the law that governs chemical use and safety at the federal level.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, EPA, GAO, hazardous chemicals, john stevenson, linda birnbaum, Lisa Jackson, NIEHS, safer chemicals, SCHF, toxic chemicals, toxics, TSCA, TSCA reform

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