Lobbyists Spent $190 Million for Bill That Protects Chemical Companies, Not Consumers

‘What do you get when you let the chemical industry write a “chemical safety” bill?

A bill that protects chemical companies, not consumers.

The last time Congress passed a chemical safety bill — the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) — was in 1976. The TSCA “was broken from the start,” according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), because it grandfathered in thousands of chemicals already on the market. It was so “broken and weak,” says EWG, that it didn’t even allow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban asbestos, a known cause of cancer.’

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