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The Latest On: TSCA

March 31, 2015 | Feature

Why Scientists Support the Petition Asking the CPSC to Ban Consumer Products Containing Any Organohalogen Flame Retardants

A broad coalition of groups has asked the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban four categories of consumer products—children’s products, furniture, mattresses and the casings around electronics—if they contain any flame retardant in the chemical class known as organohalogens.

March 12, 2015 | Press Release

Earthjustice Applauds Boxer-Markey Bill to Reform TSCA

Proposal puts public health at the core of chemical policy reform; a stark contrast to the recent Vitter-Udall bill favored by the chemical industry

September 16, 2014 | Feature

Firefighters Turn Up The Heat On Flame Retardants

Flame retardants are among more than 80,000 chemicals on the market that have not been adequately tested for health and safety. They have received increased scrutiny for their potential health impacts on firefighters, as well as on the general public.

September 4, 2014 | Article

America To Benefit From Flame Retardant Victories

Two victories in California last week will soon make families – and firefighters – across America healthier. Both involve toxic flame retardant chemicals deliberately put into our couches, chairs and other furniture items.

August 27, 2014 | Article

Business Confidentiality Shouldn’t Trump Chemical Safety

We’re exposed to toxic chemicals day in and day out. Hampered by attacks on almost any effort to get information to the public and to oversee chemicals out in the marketplace, the federal government fails to protect us.

August 21, 2014 | Press Release

Coalition Asks EPA to Limit Secrecy for Critical Public Health Information

Petition filed to request time limits for confidentiality claims for chemicals submitted under the Toxic Substances Control Act

August 19, 2014 | Article

The Right to Know Reader: 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 have been approved to be on the market in the United States, approximately 24,000 are “secret”. Literally, we don’t know what they are.