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Article

5 Jul 2013

Author:
John Replogle, CEO, Seventh Generation, on CSRwire

Why The Chemical Safety Improvement Act Must Be Strengthened and Passed [USA]

Seventh Generation has been working passionately for years to eliminate exposure to toxic chemicals...by supporting sound...legislation, working...to promote...disclosure and use of safer chemicals, and educating consumers...We believe the bi-partisan Chemical Safety Improvement Act includes crucial and necessary reform to the 30-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). However,...the bill must be strengthened...[We stand with our] NGO partners, Women’s Voices for the Earth, The Breast Cancer Fund, and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families...[The] current bill falls short...: The legislation must respect the right of states to protect their residents... Science, not industry influence, must drive policy... It must allow for the Environmental Protection Agency to take fast action... It must protect the most vulnerable...including pregnant women, children, workers... The legislation should require that the public has access to information regarding the safety of chemicals