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Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Campaign Director It’s hard to pronounce, and even harder to find on a product label, yet the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has become a household word. BPA comes up in casual conversation: Have you switched out your water bottles yet? Do I really have to live without canned green beans? So how […]

Shrek glasses with cadmium?! Canned food contaminated with the sex hormone bisphenol A?! Cancer-causing formaldehyde in furniture?! If you’ve followed the stories in the media in the last few months, it’s probably not news to you that current law isn’t protecting us from harmful chemicals. Fortunately, the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 was just introduced […]

Our coalition held a press call today to announce a proposal and to help reporters make the connection between Corexit, the worrisome chemical dispersant being used to clean up the Gulf oil spill, and our nation’s failing system for regulating such chemicals, the Toxic Substances Control act of 1976 (TSCA). What’s going on in the […]

Lack of Information about Dispersants in Gulf Due to Failed Chemicals Policy, Experts Say

What do businesses like Kaiser Permanente, Catholic Healthcare West, Seventh Generation, Construction Specialties, and countless other U.S. companies have in common? They are forced to play 'toxic chemical detective' — a time and resource-consuming game made necessary by our nation's failing chemical policy.

Chemicals policy reform will strongly reward companies that innovate in their pursuit of safer chemicals and cleaner products by meeting several needs of downstream businesses that use chemicals.

by Mike Schade, PVC Campaign Coordinator Center for Health, Environment & Justice CNN’s two-night investigative report “Toxic America” kicks off tonight (8pm EST/7pm and 10pm Central/5pm and 8pm Pacific) with a story about the environmental health and justice problems plaguing the community of Mossville, Louisiana. Nestled amidst an alarming cluster of chemical plants, Mossville is […]

Pending "Safe Chemicals Act" Prompts Downstream Users to Discuss Implications at Washington, DC Forum

by Anna Davis Field Organizer, Washintgon Toxics Coalition I was tired, my fiancé was overwhelmed, and we both regretted that we had just spent a sunny spring day indoors. We had just returned from a marathon wedding registry session at one of those big box stores that carries anything you could ever possibly want and […]

By Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, Washington Toxics Coalition Nine out of ten. According to a study released today, those are your chances of having some bisphenol A (BPA) with tonight’s dinner, if canned food is on your menu. New testing for BPA sampled 50 cans of food and drinks, and found that the hormone-disrupting chemical […]