Protecting Children from Environmental Chemical Exposures: An Economic Priority
May 24th, 2011
 by
Leo Trasande
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In the May Health Affairs issue, Sarah Vogel and Judy Roberts map out the disastrous history of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the major legislation that regulates chemicals. TSCA makes it difficult for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restrict use of any of the 62,000 chemicals already in commerce. It does not... Read the rest of this entry »
