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March 9, 2009
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- bisphenol-a, BPA, consumerproductsafetycommission, endocrinedisruptors, EPA, FDA, GAO, integratedriskinformationsystem, IRIS, phthalates
In the months after last November’s election, NRDC’s health program developed a list of more than 50 steps that the new administration needed to undertake quickly. Many of these steps address problems in the Environmental Protection Agency’s core chemical decision-making...continued→
March 6, 2009
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- congress, EPA, toxics, toxicssubstancecontrolact
As I've noted previously, our bedrock law for the regulation of toxic chemicals -- the Toxics Substance Control Act -- is all but dead. In fact, the law is widely regarded as the greatest failure among the major environmental laws...continued→
March 2, 2009
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- chemicals, EPA, toxic, toxicssubstancecontrolact, TSCA
Put simply, the U.S. system for regulating toxic chemicals is a failure. Chemical companies are not required to test the toxicity of their products. They are immune from reporting critical information to the public. And, most importantly, they are able...continued→
