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
Opinion: TSCA reform must protect public health
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
Industry group against Californian warning labels
American Chemistry Council opposes warning labels identifying chemicals of concern in consumer products as proposed by the State of California
Opinion: TSCA reform is toxic
Article in The Intercept outlines how U.S. chemicals regulation reform overrides states’ efforts to restrict toxic chemicals
U.S. Senate approves TSCA reform bill
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
The war on science?
Investigative article in In These Times outlines how chemical industry influences and delays U.S. chemical regulation by informing with manipulated and misleading “science”
TSCA reform bill approved by U.S. House of Representatives
The U.S. House of Representatives votes in favor of Toxic Substances Control Act reform bill; U.S. Senate will vote in July 2015
Udall-Vitter chemical safety bill moves forward
US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed chemical safety bill to reform TSCA
Labor organizations question TSCA reform bill
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations identified serious flaws in Udall-Vitter chemical safety bill
Opinion: No hope for new TSCA reform proposal
Interview with senior adviser for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families; new U.S. House proposal is no health-based safety standard