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Category Archives: TSCA
China’s viral enviro health documentary and US TSCA reform malaise
Last month, this Chinese documentary about the country’s legendary air pollution problems went viral. Now available with English subtitles, Under the Dome has the look and feel of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, from TED style narration and eye-grabbing background slides to shots of rapt … Continue reading
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Same old DC gridlock on TSCA reform
Just moments ago I posted on yet another state’s successful lawmaking on commercial chemicals regulation. Now, unfortunately, I get to update you on the continued paralysis in Congress on federal TSCA reform. The Hill reports today that Rep. Shimkus’s floating … Continue reading
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Update on the commercial chemicals bill
As explored in earlier posts here and here and here, the Chemicals Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate last May to address many shortcomings of the Toxic Substances Chemical Act (TSCA), has been slowly making its … Continue reading
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Fraud in Asbestos Litigation
Asbestos, a heat resistant mineral fiber, was commonly used as insulation and in manufactured goods as a fire retardant until it was banned for many of these uses in the 1970s. In 1989, EPA attempted to ban all products containing … Continue reading
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Water Safe to Drink After West Virginia Spill (Just Not for Pregnant Women)
On January 9, 7500 gallons of Crude MCHM, or 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, a chemical used to clean coal during processing, leaked from a storage tank at Freedom Industries and contaminated the Elk River and the drinking water supply in nine counties. … Continue reading
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GAO Reviews EPA’s use of Conditional Registration
Pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA conducts toxicity assessments to determine whether or not to register chemical substances. In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) addressed EPA’s longstanding struggle to obtain adequate scientific information on … Continue reading
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Committee Hearing on the Chemical Safety Improvement Act turns into Preemption Debate
One of the biggest topics of debate surrounding the bi-partisan attempt to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has been whether the bill, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), would preempt state law. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chair of … Continue reading
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Panel Discussion on TSCA Reform
On July 10, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) held a panel discussion on the bipartisan Chemical Safety Improvements Act (CSIA), introduced by Senators Lautenberg (D) and Vitter (R) in May. The panel included perspectives from Richard Denison, the Senior Scientist … Continue reading
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Senator Frank Lautenberg, environmental public health advocate
Senator Lautenberg, who has figured so prominently in this blog for the past week, died this morning. He was 89. A five-term senator from New Jersey, he came to public service after a career in business, at the end of … Continue reading
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Popular reaction to the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013
I listened with interest today to On Point’s segment on this proposed bipartisan bill. The segment was captioned “Toxic Chemicals: A New Push to Get a Grip.” Ken Cook of the Environmental Working Group was a featured guest (I mentioned his group’s … Continue reading
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