Protecting Our Kids From Dangerous Chemicals April 2, 2015 Senator Tom Udall--Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.

Most Americans believe that if they can buy a product at the grocery store or the hardware store, the government has tested it and determined that it's safe.

But that's not true. The chemical safety law we've had in place since 1976, the Toxic Substances Control Act, allows chemicals to be used in consumer products without any evidence of safety. And, even worse because of a court case in 1991, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has lost its power to regulate or remove hazardous chemicals from the marketplace - not even asbestos, arsenic, chromium, formaldehyde, BPA or other dangerous substances that have been linked to birth defects and cancer. more