Posted by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday my father-in-law had surgery in Pittsburgh. He’s being treated for kidney cancer. He grew up in Western Pennsylvania, in a region with a lot of exposure to toxic chemicals. He and his family never smoked. I was thinking of...
Posted by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
EPA continued its progress toward regulating several high-priority toxic chemicals today with an announcement that the agency is ready and willing to use its authority to restrict or even ban chemicals that pose the greatest health risk to consumers and...
Posted by Daniel Rosenberg in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Today EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced the Obama Administration's "Essential Principles for Reform of Chemicals Management Legislation," (which means TSCA reform). This is good news. EPA and the Administration have taken another step in the direction of making reform of...
