"WASHINGTON — Chemical companies would need to provide more health and safety information about their products and regulators would have more authority to force harmful substances off the market under legislation approved along party lines Wednesday by a Senate committee."
"With research increasingly linking toxic chemicals to cancer, learning disabilities and other health problems, the vote represented a symbolic victory in a decades-long effort to keep troublesome compounds out of furniture, toys, cosmetics, electronics and other household products.
The Safe Chemicals Act would be the first overhaul of federal chemical law since 1976, but majority Democrats acknowledged the bill likely will not advance further without at least some bipartisan support. Every Republican senator on the Environment and Public Works Committee opposed the measure."
Michael Hawthorne reports for the Chicago Tribune July 25, 2012.
SEE ALSO:
"Safe Chemicals Act Gets Committee Nod" (Philadelphia Inquirer)
"Safe Chemicals Act Could Reverse Burden Of Proof For Toxic Chemicals, Protect Children" (Huffington Post)
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