Francesca Olivieri's blog

Check out this animated online video from Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, an environmental and public health coalition. It puts a humorous spin on how the chemical industry is attempting to control Congressional action on the reform bill to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. Chemicals companies are not happy with one of the main components of the bill which would require basic health and safety information for chemicals before they are allowed on the market. The bill would also give the EPA authority to require removal of the most dangerous chemicals out of products.

What I can't get my mind around is why in the world hasn't this bill been reformed sooner? How can we be okay with questionable chemicals that have never been fully tested finding their way into products that we use daily? Read full post »