Press

Every day businesses and governments are taking concrete steps toward safer chemicals use and management. To find out what is happening see a selection of recent news and reports below or contact Stacy Malkan, communications officer, at (510) 848-5343, ext. 105;

LA Times story, July 2005: GAO report finds EPA is failing to protect the public from tens of thousands of toxic compounds because it has not gathered data on the health risks of most industrial chemicals.

July 2005: Federal bill introduced, Kids Safe Chemicals Act, by Sens. Lautenberg and Jefford.

LA times front page: May 16, 2005 “Europe’s Rules Forcing U.S. Firms to Clean Up.”

Wall Street Journal front page, July 25, 2005, “Common Industrial Chemicals in Tiny Doses Raise Health Issue.”

New Harris poll reported by Wall Street Journal Oct. 13: Nearly half of Americans cite ‘too little’ environmental regulation; nearly three quarters agree that protecting the environment is important and standards cannot be too high.

The first U.S. study to test household dust for a new and wide variety of chemicals found that we are exposed to a “toxic cocktail” every day in our homes, breathing dust emitted from commonly used products.

October 8, 2005, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 484, the California Safe Cosmetics Act of 2005.

More than 100 cosmetic and body care companies pledge to make safer products.