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Amy R. Peacock
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- I love to be outside by land or sea. I am a ChiRunning and ChiWalking Instructor and it has been life changing.
My sister in LA is starting a great green biz called the thegreenhive. My hubby is on Charlotte City Council and works on the environment comm. Rep. or Dem. We all care.
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- I like to take the kids on "trash treasure hunts". I give them gloves and we go pick up all sorts of trash. Now they really know what litter is and what can be done with it and it is great when they are bored. The get exercise and do good for environment.
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Thank you for your excellent question and due diligence regarding the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act. There are so many stakeholders involved in discussions, investigations, and queries regarding legislation on chemicals that it is a deep, and often confusing pool of information - as is evidenced by the current efforts to pass Senator Fran Pavley's Bill 797, limiting the amount of bisphenol A (BPA) allowed in baby bottles, sippy cups, infant formula and baby food jars. The chemical and packaging companies are fighting hard to prevent passage of the bill, their concern obviously skewed toward protecting their profits rather than protecting our children and environment.
Fortunately, we have groups such as EWG, and moms such as your self, demanding answers, raising awareness, and working to put laws in place that will truly protect us. I spoke with some of the senior team at EWG and in fact, TCA has been amended since 1976, but these amendments were highly technical in nature and did not in anyway alter the structure of the bill, place any new requirements on industry, grant EPA any new powers, set any deadlines, reform CBI protections, or improve public health safeguards. Renee Sharp, a senior scientist and Director of EWG's California office adds, "TSCA has not been significantly updated to address it's gaping holes. The EPA has a lot of power in theory, but in practice - very little power to address the health threats of toxic chemicals."
Of greatest concern, and where TSCA really fails us and no amendments have been made, is in the fact that over 62,000 chemicals were grandfathered in when the Act was first passed and have therefor never been tested. This is why EWG is mobilizing efforts to pass the Kid Safe Chemical Act, which, in addition to much more stringent testing, would require that all science on chemicals tested be made publicly available so parents can easily access the information. We will keep you posted and hope you will support the Kid Safe Chemical Act when it is re-introduced.
I have attached below a pdf of Renee Sharp's presentation at UC Davis about the failures of TSCA if you'd like to learn more.
EWG TSCA Presentation UC Davis.pdf
Thanks again for your excellent query!