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TSCA
May 23, 2016
U.S. House and Senate negotiators agree on draft bill to update TSCA; final votes and signing by U.S. President Obama may follow soon
Topics: regulation, TSCA
Reading time: 2 minutes
March 15, 2016
Article by health professional Leonardo Trasande outlines opportunities and drawbacks of current bills to reform U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act for protection of human health
Reading time: 2 minutes
February 16, 2016
American Chemistry Council opposes warning labels identifying chemicals of concern in consumer products as proposed by the State of California
Topics: TSCA
Reading time: 1 minute
January 18, 2016
Article in The Intercept outlines how U.S. chemicals regulation reform overrides states’ efforts to restrict toxic chemicals
Topics: regulation, TSCA
Reading time: 1 minute
December 21, 2015
Udall-Vitter chemical safety bill approved by U.S. Senate; House and Senate must now unify TSCA reform bills to create new U.S. chemical safety law
Topics: regulation, TSCA
Reading time: 1 minute
November 13, 2015
Investigative article in In These Times outlines how chemical industry influences and delays U.S. chemical regulation by informing with manipulated and misleading “science”
Reading time: 2 minutes
June 30, 2015
The U.S. House of Representatives votes in favor of Toxic Substances Control Act reform bill; U.S. Senate will vote in July 2015
Topics: regulation, TSCA
Reading time: 2 minutes
April 29, 2015
US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed chemical safety bill to reform TSCA
Topics: regulation, TSCA
Reading time: 1 minute
April 20, 2015
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations identified serious flaws in Udall-Vitter chemical safety bill
Topics: regulation, TSCA
Reading time: 1 minute
March 14, 2014
Interview with senior adviser for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families; new U.S. House proposal is no health-based safety standard
Topics: TSCA
Reading time: 1 minute
