Showing posts with label tsca reform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tsca reform. Show all posts
Thursday, May 19, 2016

The Long Road to Reforming America's Chemical Law May Soon Be Over

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Earlier this week it was announced that Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and James Inhofe (R-OK) had reached an agreement on the long awaited...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Why the TSCA Reform Bills Should Become Law Even Though They Won't Make Us Any Safer

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Recently there has been a sudden surge in support for passing bills in both the House and Senate to modernize the four-decade-old Toxic Su...
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Thursday, July 17, 2014

The Role of Scientists in Making Policy

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What role should scientists play in the making of policy that relies on science? Historically, scientists have had a love/hate relationshi...
Thursday, March 6, 2014

House Issues TSCA Reform Discussion Draft - Mocks Attempts at Chemical Safety Modernization

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On February 27, 2014 the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce issued a "discussion draft" of what it calls the Chemicals in...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Reforming TSCA - Protecting the Public from Chemicals and Uncertainty

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TSCA reform. You've probably heard about it. After all, we've been talking about it for nearly 40 years. And yet nothing has chang...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Dake Page Revival

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Welcome! The Dake Page is undergoing a revival in 2014. For a variety of reasons the page didn't receive very many updates in 2013 a...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

House Hearing - The Chemical Safety Improvement Act - November 13, 2013

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As noted previously , the House Environment and the Economy subcommittee is holding a hearing Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in Room 2123 of...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

House to Consider Senate TSCA Reform Bill

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The House Environment and the Economy subcommittee chaired by Representative John Shimkus (R-IL) is expected to begin specific evaluation ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

House Holds TSCA Reform Hearing September 18, 2013

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing on TSCA Reform Wednesday, September 18, 2013. Starting at 2 pm EDT, the hear...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Senate Committee Hearing on TSCA Reform Wednesday July 31 2013

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The Senate Environment and Public Work Committee, led by Senator Barbara Boxer, is holding a hearing on TSCA Refor...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

House Subcommittee Hearing on Toxic Substances Control Act

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On June 13, 2013 the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subscommittee on Environment and the Economy will hold a hearing titled ...
Monday, June 10, 2013

House Committee Will Hold Hearing on TSCA Reform

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Following up on the surprise introduction of a bipartisan TSCA reform bill in the Senate, the House Energy & Commerce Committee's ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Senators Lautenberg and Vitter Announce Bipartisan Chemical Safety Improvement Act

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In a surprise move, Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ), long a champion of safer chemicals, and Republican Senator David Vitter (LA)...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

GAO Issues Report on EPA's Effort to Enhance TSCA Chemical Regulation

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At the request of some members of Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted another study on how EPA "has in...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Will current efforts to reform the TSCA chemical control law actually roll back progress?

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Just last week Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) reintroduced his Safe Chemicals Act and there was hope for some sort of TSCA reform. Senat...