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Preemption Provision in Proposed Chemical Law Draws Ire from States

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013.  Nine state Attorneys General sent a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committeelast week expressing their “deep concerns about unduly broad preemption language proposed in S.1009, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act [CSIA].” CSIA would amend the decades old (1976) U.S. chemical law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which in its current form requires absolutely no testing on chemicals (it does not cover pesticides) before they make their…

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