Andrea Germanos is a senior editor and staff writer at Common Dreams.
U.S. lawmakers have just passed legislation to finally update how toxic chemicals are regulated, but, according to watchdog groups, the changes to 'the worst environmental law on the books' still leave consumers at risk. The House voted to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act last month, and the Senate passed the measure Tuesday in a voice vote. As Reuters sums up, The bill would update the Toxic Substances Control Act amid complaints that its 40-year-old provisions hobble the U.
as It handcuffs state regulators, who have been the top cops on the toxic beat for decades. This proposal could best be characterized as one step forward and two steps back. Congress should have done better to protect public health. Further, as Bloomberg reports: implementing the proposed law will be a herculean task for an agency with scarce resources, former officials and lawyers say.
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