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Safer Chemicals: U.S. Senate passes the Toxic Substances Control Act Reform

The Frank R Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act was passed by a unanimous voice vote

image of US-Senate — After rocky road, U.S. Senate passes landmark TSCA chemical law overhaul.

The US Senate has passed the Frank R Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, by voice vote, to regulate the chemicals industry.

This move will pave way for overhauling the federal regulatory law for chemicals, the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA).

The passage of the bill will set standards of safety, as well as strengthening government control in regulating all kinds of chemicals.

The bill, considered to be the first move towards drafting regulations for governing unsafe chemicals in around 40 years, seeks to provide a new set of protection for people, belonging to various quarters.

So glad our major #TSCA reform to protect the public from toxic chemicals has passed https://t.co/JfXnwicoyN pic.twitter.com/Tgy2hOkGTx
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) December 18, 2015

#TSCA reform not possible without the leadership of Frank & Bonnie Lautenberg, @SenatorTomUdall, @senatorvitter pic.twitter.com/ZW2IiggVkV
— Senator Chris Coons (@ChrisCoons) December 18, 2015

Proud to stand with these leaders on #chemicalsafety and #TSCA reform pic.twitter.com/kMQBPoBsGT
— Senator Tom Carper (@SenatorCarper) December 18, 2015

Sources and more information

After rocky road, U.S. Senate passes landmark chemical law overhaul, sciencemag, 17 December 2015.
US Senate passes chemical safety bill, chemicals-technology, 18 December 2015.

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Bisphenol-A is found in the Epoxy Resin that lines Food Cans

We need #SafeChemicalsAct tweeted @FrankLautenberg

#ChemicalsofConcern Food Cans #BPA poses #Health Risks. We need #SafeChemicalsAct — via @FrankLautenberg tweet

Frank Lautenberg tweeted:

Bisphenol-A poses health risks, but #TSCA doesn’t protect us from #ChemicalsofConcern in food cans. We need #SafeChemicalsAct.

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Chemicals of Concern: Food Cans BPA poses Health Risks

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Frank Lautenberg tweeted:
” BPA poses health risks, but #TSCA doesn’t protect us from #ChemicalsofConcern in food cans. We need #SafeChemicalsAct “
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Mission’s Goal: replace the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act with the proposed Safe Chemicals Act

December 2012, Christine Nienstedt and her 11-year-old daughter, Tyler Cheyenne, joined about 200 other moms and children as part of the National Stroller Brigade in Washington, D.C. Their mission: convince the Congress to retire the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act and replace it with the proposed Safe Chemicals Act, which currently awaits a Senate vote.

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Read National Stroller Brigade: Moms Descend On Congress To Urge Toxic Chemical Reform by Lynne Peeples, on HuffPost Green