Cancer Legislation
High Levels of Cancer-Causing Arsenic in Rice – So Why Isn’t It Regulated in Our Food?
There are two sides to rice: the grain that feeds half the world – and the primary carcinogenic source of inorganic arsenic in our diet. Arsenic is a natural occurring ...
2014 Sunscreen Innovation Act Unanimously Passes
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Sunscreen Innovation Act (S. 2141) on Sept. 17, 2014, which the Public Access to SunScreens (PASS) Coalition applauded. This passage follows the Senate Health, ...
Bill to overhaul how chemicals are regulated faces uphill battle in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to come up with a new chemical regulation bill face an uphill battle in the Senate. Over the summer, Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and David Vitter ...
Our Current Laws Do Not Protect You From Toxic Chemicals
Every day, just in the course of normal activities, we are exposed to an unbelievable range of toxic chemicals that we may not know about. Of the 80,000-plus chemicals that ...
House Passes Bill to Update Sunscreen Review Process
The first of its kind in more than a decade The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill that will streamline the process for reviewing and approving ingredients ...
Advocates see ‘glimmer of hope’ for chemical law reform
Health and safety advocates joined a green chemical manufacturer on Thursday to press Congress to reform the country’s decades-old chemical safety law. The growing movement to reform the Toxic Substances ...
The Cancer Free Label Act
HR 6191 IH 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6191 To establish programs in the executive branch to permit the labeling of certain products that do not contain any ...
Flame retardants to be removed from nap mats
A Minnesota company has pledged to remove flame-retardant chemicals from the children's nap mats it sells in California as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday by the Center for ...
Think Those Chemicals Have Been Tested?
MANY Americans assume that the chemicals in their shampoos, detergents and other consumer products have been thoroughly tested and proved to be safe. Enlarge This Image Sally Thurer This assumption ...
California pushes rule banning toxic flame retardants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials vowed Tuesday to move forward on a new fire safety rule that could eliminate the use of toxic flame retardants in household furniture and baby ...
EPA Announces Chemicals for Risk Assessment in 2013, Focus on Widely Used Flame Retardants
WASHINGTON March 27, 2013 – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will begin assessments on 23 commonly used chemicals, with a specific focus on flame retardant chemicals, ...
Chemical Agriculture’s Dirty Fight
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began testing fruits and vegetables for pesticide residues in 1991 after the public became concerned about their potential risks to children. Remember Alar? In ...