The Environmental Working Group, Breast Cancer Fund and Center for Environmental Health said the bill falls far short of what's needed to protect the public from hazardous chemicals.
The state and federal environmental agencies also forced safety reforms on the company under the Clean Air Act's under-used but sweeping "General Duty" clause to better protect employees and the public from hazardous chemicals.
I was shocked then to learn that chemicals that come on the market don't need to be tested for safety, manufacturers can keep most information secret, and the government doesn't have the authority to take action to protect the public from hazardous chemicals.
At that time, it became clear to policy makers and the American public that hazardous waste was an environmental and public health emergency.
In offices, residences, schools and public places, potentially hazardous dust residue will continue to become re-airborne until professionally removed.
The underlying reason for high nuclear costs is that reactors are dangerous, requiring many highly trained staff members, a complexity of expensive parts, compliance with extensive regulations, and antiterrorist measures to minimize public exposure to hazardous radioactivity.
Your March 17 article ["Parents' Fear: A Monster in the Playground"] once again demonstrates the continuing failure of our government to swiftly clean up and provide proper public notification of hazardous waste and petroleum spill sites.
The Beijing government has started informing the public about a hazardous form of air pollution as the population gears up for a new year firework frenzy that will see the skies filled with chemicals and particulates on Sunday night.
A symposium was convened at the annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico in June, 2009 to discuss the potential challenges and opportunities for behavioral scientists in developing and/or altering this strategy toward the ultimate goal of protecting public health from hazardous chemicals.
One of the most hazardous public health problems is cancer.
