Momentum Builds In Congress To Overhaul U.S. Chemicals Regulation
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Paralleling a process begun in the Senate, two senior House Democrats have introduced legislation to update a federal law dating to 1976 that governs the use of potentially hazardous chemicals in consumer products.
Reps. Bobby Rush, of Illinois, and Rep. Henry Waxman, of California, introduced H.R. 5820, the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010, aimed at strengthening and updating the decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the primary statute regulating chemical safety.
Waxman is the powerful chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, while Rush chairs the committee’s Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection subcommittee.
Full Story: On The Hill: Momentum Builds In Congress To Overhaul U.S. Chemicals Regulation.
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