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Will Chemical Safety Law Be Better?
In the coming months, congressional negotiators will try to reconcile two bills aimed at fixing the nation's broken and outdated chemical safety law, the Toxic Substances Control Act. As we've made...
Top Problems With the Two TSCA Bills
Consumers rightly expect that the chemicals used in everyday products are safe. Under current law, however, few are ever reviewed for safety.
How Industry Twists Science to Downplay the Dangers of Toxic Chemicals
The most egregious flaw of the United States' toothless and outdated system of regulating chemicals is the failure to adequately and independently test chemicals for safety. Because of the...
Childhood Cancer: More Evidence Points to Chemical Exposure
September was national Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, reminding Americans of the sobering facts about this terrible disease.
There’s Toxic Antimony in Baby Bibs, Clothing, Toys and Games
With all of the chemicals that get put into consumer products, it can be difficult to protect our children from toxic hazards. Knowing what to look for and what kids' products contain harmful...
Senate Environmental Champions: Making the Best of Bad Chemistry
Much more than a long memory is needed these days to recall the golden age of GOP environmentalism. A feat of imagination is required.
Eight Steps to Real Chemical Reform
As two Congressional committees develop legislation to update the nation's broken toxic chemicals law, it's good to remember what real reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 should look...
EWG’s #FightForChemicalSafety Campaign
There is Nano-WHAT in My Food?
Are intentionally engineered nanoparticles being added to our food? We don't know for sure – and federal food regulators aren't helping us find out the truth.
What Would It Take for the EPA to Test Every Major Chemical for Safety?
As the Congressional debate over how to fix the failed Toxic Substances Control Act heats up, we have to ask: What would it take for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assess the safety of...
How American Industry Skips Some Chemical Safety Checks
American industry often avoids the federal government's chemical safety checks in an unexpected way, by relying on chemicals “grandfathered” by the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, according to a...
Toxic Cadmium in Jewelry: States Lead in Protecting Kids
In the absence of adequate federal regulation of hazardous chemicals, the states have stepped up to protect public health and the environment.
Top Problems with New House Chemical Proposal
Consumers rightly expect that the chemicals used in everyday products are safe.
Opposition To Industry Chemical Bill Continues to Build
Medical professionals, scientists, states attorneys general, legal scholars, and public interest organizations are all speaking up against the Udall-Vitter Toxic Substances Control Act reform bill (S...
How State Chemical Safety Policy Shapes The Consumer Market
States have been leading the way when it comes to protecting people from dangerous chemicals.
Reality Check: The Real Facts You Should Know About the FACT Act
Fact: Asbestos companies knew the dangers of asbestos for decades, but they put profits before people and continued to sell it.
Shouldn’t chemical safety law overhaul prioritize an asbestos ban?
In 1989, the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to ban asbestos.
Products that Contain Asbestos Should be Regulated and Labeled
If a product you were thinking of buying contained asbestos, chances are you'd want to know while you were in the store, say, by reading a warning on the item's label.
Five Couches Without Fire Retardants You Can Buy Right Now
Do you know that your couch may be toxic to you and your kids? A weak federal chemical safety law and poorly designed state fire safety standards fail to protect Americans from thousands of dangerous...
