Senate Passes Long Awaited Chemical Safety Bill

The U.S. Senate yesterday passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Chemical Safety Act).

 

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), in an announcement, indicated that the legislation creates a “predictable and transparent federal system to regulate the safety of chemicals based on the latest science, providing greater regulatory certainty to the chemical manufacturing industry and striking a balance between state and federal roles in chemical safety management.”

 

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