Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 22, 2023
This is not just conjecture; this situation happened before with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in the 1970s and 1980s—highly toxic chemicals that were banned by the EPA in 1979. Dow’s argument was that the ban did not apply because what they were manufacturing could not be defined as PCBs (even though they were).
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Carson’s book also helped prompt the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, the main law that regulates chemicals today and requires the testing of new chemicals for safety.
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PA Environment Daily
APRIL 25, 2023
Room 205 Ryan Building starting at 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here. TODAY 9:30: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 925 (Rapp-R-Warren) and Senate Bill 211 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing standards for utility-scale solar energy facility decommissioning.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 25, 2023
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Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
House of Representatives passed a bill to undermine federal authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act on the same day as the Elk River spill. Ashley graduated summa cum laude from the University at Buffalo in 2012 with a double major in Social Sciences Interdisciplinary and Political Science.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
As water and water runoff does not respect political boundaries, international laws on conservation and use are common and applied, especially where there is shared use and responsibility or competing claims to it. Title III of the Act created EPCRA (see above). Learn more about environmental law degrees.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 15, 2022
Without the latest IRIS assessment and designation of formaldehyde as a human carcinogen, the EPA has not had the ability to adequately regulate it under the Toxic Substances Control Act. We know all too well that when decisionmakers compromise on the science for financial or political reasons, we all lose.
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