Political Update Category
| Jul. 21, 2010 | Toxic Beauty Myths Revealed! Watch the Story of Cosmetics By Mia Davis National Grassroots Coordinator of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Cancer-causing chemicals in the baby’s bubble bath? Lead in lipstick? Time to get... Read more... |
| Jul. 01, 2010 | Environmental toxins: no more guessing By Representative Bobby Rush. Reproduced by permission from Chemical Watch, June 2010, www.chemicalwatch.com. Chemical manufacturers in the US must shoulder more responsbility for the substances... Read more... |
| Jun. 17, 2010 | BPA: Surprisingly strong effect on the body politic Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Campaign Director It’s hard to pronounce, and even harder to find on a product label, yet the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has... Read more... |
| Jun. 14, 2010 | Tired of toxics? Give Congress a jingle Shrek glasses with cadmium?! Canned food contaminated with the sex hormone bisphenol A?! Cancer-causing formaldehyde in furniture?! If you’ve followed the stories in the media... Read more... |
| Jun. 03, 2010 | Tired of playing 'chemical detective,' businesses are asking for TSCA reform By Mark Rossi, Business-NGO Working Group for Safer Chemicals and Sustainable Materials What do businesses like Kaiser Permanente, Catholic Healthcare West, Seventh Generation, Construction Specialties,... Read more... |
| May. 07, 2010 | To Win the War on Cancer - we need to get serious about chemical regulation The following is a blog written by Sarah Janssen, Staff Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council originally posted on May 6, 2010. Today the... Read more... |
| May. 06, 2010 | President's report links chemicals to cancer This report provides important validation to the scientists, families, and advocates who have been urging lawmakers to acknowledge the link between chemical exposure and cancer.... Read more... |
| Apr. 29, 2010 | The House TSCA Reform Bill: What Gets Lost in the Sauce? By Andy Igrejas, campaign director If you've been following our campaign — or the debate over chemical policy — you know that we reached a... Read more... |
| Apr. 22, 2010 | Safe Chemicals Act of 2010: An end to chemical policy's polyester era? Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Campaign Director It’s been a week since Senator Frank Lautenberg introduced the groundbreaking Safe Chemicals Act of 2010. Now that we’ve had... Read more... |
| Apr. 15, 2010 | Senator Lautenberg introduces the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 Today Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010, an ambitious bill aimed at revamping the 34-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act of... Read more... |
