“Politics trumps science as Senators pass Safe Chemical Act — latest chemical ‘reform,'” By Lana Spivak
On an otherwise pleasant morning, ACSH staffers’ blood began to boil after reading the latest anti-chemical screed in the Huffington Post, which included such fear-mongering claims as this: “Ninety-nine percent of pregnant American women carry multiple manmade chemicals in their bodies, sharing that concoction through the umbilical cord.” The latest assault on chemicals preceded yesterday’s Environment and Public Works Committee’s vote on the Safe Chemicals Act, which if passed, would replace the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976. … Read the full article in ACSH Dispatch.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s TSCA Reform Legislation
July 31, 2012
