Now's the Time to Fortify CA Safer Consumer Products Program
We are at a pivotal moment in the development of California’s Safer Consumer Products program, which aims to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals in consumer...
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Key New York Bills to Reduce Toxic Chemicals
Update (Dec. 12, 2019): It’s late in the legislative year, and time is ticking on several important bills to protect New Yorkers from toxic chemicals. The...
UN Recognizes Resistance Crisis, but Soft Pedals Solutions
To keep our life-saving drugs working, we need urgent reform to the way they are used....
Legislation Improves CA Program to Ensure Safer Products
The bill would amend California’s innovative “green chemistry” program to improve its functioning and ensure better oversight of toxic chemicals in consum...
Livestock Antibiotic Sales See Big Drop, but Remain High
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its annual report showing how much of the antibiotics important to human medicine were sold for use in...
A Success Story: Getting Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals Out
When Governor Brown entered office eight years ago, he took action to fix the regulation that was driving the use of pounds of toxic flame retardant chemicals i...