Smart discussion about toxics policy reform

A Historic Conference: The Future of U.S. Chemicals Policy
Posted by Colleen Hutchings in Tracking Kid Safe on 10 15th, 2009 | 10 Comments
More than 150 representatives of industry, government, academia and the environmental community voiced a broad consensus this week that the time has come for comprehensive reform of the outdated federal law created to ensure that Americans’ health is not threatened by the thousands of chemicals they...
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Chemical Trade Group Releases ‘Principles for Modernizing’ Toxic Chemical Law
Posted by Don Carr in Pollution in People on 08 4th, 2009 | No Comments
The American Chemistry Council released a set of 10 principles today for modernizing the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act.  EWG staff met with ACC President Cal Dooley and colleagues for a preview yesterday, and we congratulated them for stepping up to the challenge of mending a law that, in our view,...
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Does BPA Cause Infertility?
Posted by Elaine Shannon in BPA, Environmental Health Science, Featured Articles, Know Your Toxins on 06 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Yale researchers may have solved a fundamental medical mystery: how bisphenol A (BPA), a ubiquitous plastics component, changes genetic chemistry and impairs fertility. The Yale team’s findings, previewed earlier this month to the Endocrine Society, a 14,000-member scientific and medical professional...
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