New Pitch For TSCA Reform

January 14, 2011
Environmentalists are touting a new study finding exposure to multiple chemicals in almost all pregnant women surveyed -- including exposure to a number of long-banned substances -- to bolster their calls for comprehensive reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), though the effort faces an uncertain future. “These findings should be a call to action for Congress and the Administration,” Andy Igrejas, director of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition, said in a Jan. 14 statement. “We’ve known for...


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