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Tired of playing ‘chemical detective,’ businesses are asking for TSCA reform

What do businesses like Kaiser Permanente, Catholic Healthcare West, Seventh Generation, Construction Specialties, and countless other U.S. companies have in common? They are forced to play ‘toxic chemical detective’ — a time and resource-consuming game made necessary by our nation’s failing chemical policy.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Catholic Healthcare West, Construction Specialties, downstream user, healthy families, human health, improve health, Kaiser Permanente, manufacturing, Mark Rossi, safer chemicals, safer products, Seventh Generation, TSCA reform

Webinar: Chemicals Policy Reform and its Importance for Business

On Friday, November 13 at 11 am PST, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, the Business NGO Working Group for Safer Chemicals and Sustainable Materials and the American Sustainable Business Council will host a webinar on chemicals policy reform and its importance for business. Click here to register for the Webinar This webinar will provide an opportunity […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: business, change, chemical policy reform, manufacturing, testing, TSCA, webinar

Chemical industry ramping up for national showdown

The Chemical industry is arming up, hiring PR firms and old hands from the tobacco industry to fight anticipated Congressional action on toxics. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been turning in some excellent investigative reporting on this issue.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: chemical industry, Congressional action on toxics, lobbyist, manufacturing, reform our national system for regulating toxic chemicals, The chemical industry, tobacco, tobacco industry, toxic fire retardants, TSCA

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