{"id":4579,"date":"2015-09-16T12:01:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T17:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:01:46","slug":"prominent-national-groups-urge-the-senate-to-pass-the-lautenberg-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/2015\/09\/16\/prominent-national-groups-urge-the-senate-to-pass-the-lautenberg-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent national groups urge the Senate to pass the Lautenberg Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Richard Denison, Ph.D.,\u00a0<\/em>is a Lead Senior Scientist<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Senior officials from a diverse group of eight prominent national public health, environmental, labor, wildlife, and animal welfare organizations <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Joint-Letter-to-Senate-Leaders-on-TSCA.pdf\">sent a letter <\/a>today to Senate leaders urging them to act on the Senate\u2019s bipartisan chemical safety reform legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations, which collectively represent more than 25 million Americans, are:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-4578 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Logos1.jpg\" alt=\"Logos\" width=\"575\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Logos1.jpg 2254w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Logos1-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Logos1-1024x268.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Logos1-768x201.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Logos1-1536x403.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Logos1-2048x537.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Logos1-20x5.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Environmental Defense Fund<\/li>\n<li>The Humane Society of the United\u00a0States<\/li>\n<li>International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers<\/li>\n<li>March of Dimes<\/li>\n<li>Moms Clean Air Force<\/li>\n<li>National Wildlife Federation<\/li>\n<li>North America&#8217;s Building Trades Unions<\/li>\n<li>Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The letter, addressed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid, requests that they bring the <em>Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act<\/em>\u00a0to the floor of the Senate for a vote as soon as possible.\u00a0 The\u00a0<em>Lautenberg Act<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/114th-congress\/senate-bill\/697\">S. 697<\/a>, is the bipartisan legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the nation\u2019s primary chemical safety law, which is nearly 40 years old and widely acknowledged to be badly broken.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Lautenberg Act<\/em> was introduced in the Senate in March and passed in revised form out of the Environment and Public Works Committee in April on a strong bipartisan vote.\u00a0 With 52 cosponsors hailing from 33 states, the bill is poised to receive strong support on the Senate floor.\u00a0 The groups noted that the bill represents an historic opportunity to update and strengthen our chemical safety and better protect American families, workers, wildlife and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The diverse nature of the organizations signing the letter urging passage of the <em>Lautenberg Act<\/em> is testament to the broad consensus as to both the need for TSCA reform and the strength of the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The joint letter is <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2015\/09\/Joint-Letter-to-Senate-Leaders-on-TSCA.pdf\">available here<\/a>.\u00a0 For more background on the <em>Lautenberg Act<\/em> and how it would address the key flaws of TSCA, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/2015\/09\/15\/links-to-essential-reading-on-the-lautenberg-act\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Denison, Ph.D.,\u00a0is a Lead Senior Scientist. 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