2010-08-09T05:54:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/news/65429 tag:opencongress.org,2010-08-09:/commentary/8886530 2010-08-09T05:54:00Z Mother Jones In April, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced The Safe Chemicals Act, a bill that if passed would make sweeping changes to the 34-year old Toxic Substance Control Act. While the old law allowed chemicals to enter the market with little or no testing, the new one would force manufacturers to prove a chemical's safety before introducing it to the market.<br /><br /><a href="http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/08/debate-over-safe-chemicals-act-working-class-has-much-lose?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+motherjones%2FTheBlueMarble+%28Mother+Jones+|+The+Blue+Marble%29">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-28:/commentary/8798085 2010-07-28T20:00:00Z Environmental Working Group Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the subcommittee: My name is Kenneth A. Cook. I am the President and Co-Founder of Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit research and advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, with offices in Ames,<br /><br /><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everything_ewg/~3/IqNLHYmrNwQ/ken-cook-proposal-to-reform-federal-chemicals-law">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-28:/commentary/8798084 2010-07-28T20:00:00Z Environmental Working Group Washington, D.C. –Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook testified today that reform legislation now before Congress “is essential to fixing our broken toxic chemicals policy.” “All of us are united by an inescapable and profoundly<br /><br /><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ewg_newsfeed/~3/gqQW9QFWXJs/EWG_Testifies_On_House_Chemical_Reform_Bill">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-24:/commentary/8781289 2010-07-24T20:00:00Z PR-USA.net (press release) The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) is deeply concerned with the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act (HR 5820) and the impact it will have on ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.emagazine.com/view/?5258">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-24:/commentary/8775091 2010-07-24T20:00:00Z PR-USA.net (press release) The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) is deeply concerned with the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act (HR 5820) and the impact it will have on ... <br /><br /><a href="http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=443332&amp;Itemid=28">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-22:/commentary/8775090 2010-07-22T20:00:00Z PR Newswire (press release) HR 5820 mandates a series of new standards and regulations that would be simply unworkable for chemical distributors and their customers, increasing costs ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2010/07/23/us-house-takes-up-toxic-chemical-reform-bill">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-22:/commentary/8763712 2010-07-22T20:00:00Z Planet Green SAFETY DATA Currently under TSCA: Few data call-ins are issued, even fewer chemicals are required to be tested and no minimum data set is required even for new chemicals. Under the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010: Up-front data call-ins for all<br /><br /><a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/chemical-reform-charges-on.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-07-22:/commentary/8757377 2010-07-22T20:00:00Z Natural Resources Defenses Council ...TSCA reform bill introduced on Thursday by Representatives Bobby Rush and Henry Waxman, called the “Toxic Chemicals Safety Act” (H.R.5820) will help fix an outdated and barely functioning law that was intended to protect people from unsafe chemicals<br /><br /><a href="http://rss.nrdcfeeds.org/~r/switchboard_all/~3/S3kaDxYGeIM/its_official_strong_tsca_refor.html">Go to article</a>