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Senator Vitter

Final chemical reform bill headed for votes this week

Statement from Andy Igrejas, the Director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: chemical policy reform, Senator Lautenberg, Senator Vitter, TSCA, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), HR 2576

Congress

A “Wealth Primary” for Legislation?

The chemical industry should not get to dictate the terms by which it is regulated.

The jockeying among presidential hopefuls in recent weeks has generated a new round of criticism of what’s called the “Wealth Primary” – the informal, but often decisive vetting of candidates by mega-donors.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, Cal Dooley, California’s Attorney General, cancer, chemical industry, chemicals, environmental, environmental enforcement, EPA, exposure, families, Frank Bruni, health, health advocates, mega-donors, New York Times, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, Senator Vitter, take action, toxic, TSCA reform, wealth primary, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

Congress

Perspective and a path forward on TSCA reform

Two weeks ago, an expected milestone of sorts in the debate over chemical policy seemed to turn abruptly into a headstone. Senators Vitter and Udall were expected to release a revised version of their Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA) that responded to many of the concerns of health and environment leaders from across the country.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: action, American Academy of Pediatrics, American families and toxic chemicals, asbestos, cancer, Chemical Safety Improvement Act, chemicals, chemicals policy reform, CSIA, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, health, PBTs, Perspective and a Path Forward on TSCA Reform, phthalates, policy, Policy and Regulation, products, retailers, Senator Vitter, Stockholm Convention, toxic, TSCA reform, Vitter and Udall, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

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