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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, draft legislation, EPA, flame retardants, Frank Pallone, House Energy and Commerce Committee, loopholes, state governments, Tonko, TSCA

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Lead: America’s unfinished business

All of the attention to the Flint tragedy should result first and foremost in justice and concrete aid for Flint, but it should also serve as a wake-up call that America has unfinished business with lead.

Filed Under: Lead, Uncategorized Tagged With: airports, ban, boats, Cardin, cars, CDC, children, chocolate, civil engineering, Congress, contaminated public housing, drinking fountains, dust, emergency funds, EPA, Flint, food, garden hoses, gasoline, Health and Human Services, Health Justice Project of Loyola Chicago Law School, HUD, industrial paints and coatings, lead and copper rule, lead poisoning, lead policy, lead remediation, lead wheel weights, legacy, legislation, lunchboxes, Medicaid, Michigan, no safe level, paint remediation, plumbing, public health, Rick Snyder, safe water, Sargent Shriver Center, tax credits, test water, Tonko, vinyl school supplies

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State AGs express concerns about House-Senate talks

As the House and Senate begin reconciling their respective bills to reach a final deal to send to President Obama, 12 state attorneys general are urging Congress to keep a strong role for state governments to act on dangerous chemicals. There’s a lot at stake, they say in a January 19 letter, because states have historically […]

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: boxer, chemicals, environment, Frank Pallone, hazards, inhofe, preemption, public health, Shimkus, Tonko, toxics, TSCA, Udall, Upton, Vitter

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