POISON IN THE BLOOD

AMERICA'S CHEMICAL TESTING PROGRAMS AT THE EPA 1976-2009

OVER 30 YEARS OF FAILURE AND IRRESPONSIBILITY

SOME DOCUMENTARY LINKS

 "of the (top) 3,000 chemicals imported or produced by the United States ... 43% of these high production volume chemicals (HPV) have no testing data".  

EPA

HPV Chemical Hazard Data Availability Study|OPPT| US EPA (11-28-07) - High Production Volume Chemicals make up the the products on our store shelves and many of the things that people use daily.  The frightening fact is that only 7% of these chemicals have the proper testing data to insure safety.

2009 KEY CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CHEMICAL TESTING

Congress begins to identify the worst of the worst chemicals (Safer Chemicals, 11-17-09)

Prioritizing Chemicals for Safety Determination (House Energy and Commerce, 11-17-09)

Oversight of Chemical Testing  (Senate Environment 12-2-09)

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP LINKS

EPA a failure on chemicals, audit finds (Environmental Working Group, 1-26-09)

What The Chemical Industry Doesn't Want You To Know | Environmental Working Group (9-08)

EPA Veils Hazardous Substances | Environmental Working Group (12-20-08)

GAO 'High Risk' Listing For EPA Chemical Program May Boost TSCA Push | Environmental Working Group (1-27-09)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND LINKS

Ten Essential Elements in TSCA Reform- (PDF-Richard Denison, Environmental Law Reporter)- A paper from Environmental Defense Fund scientist Richard Denison on reforming the failed Toxic Substances Control Act.

Revisiting the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 (PDF- Environmental Defense Fund, 2-26-09)- Testimony to the U.S House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection on the reform of The Toxic Substance Control. The reform aids to regulate toxic chemicals that find their way into products and the environment.

EPA's Latest Chemical Proposals Get It Half Right, Recent EPA Toxics Adviser Says  (Environmental Defense Fund, 12-9-08)

Chemicals Policy Reform - Health - Environmental Defense Fund (1-27-09)- As the EPA officially gets labeled as a "high risk" government program, those in favor of revisiting the Toxic Substance Control Act hope the warning will take the issue off of the Congressional back burner.

Toxic Ignorance (PDF- Environmental Defense Fund) - The original 1997 report from the Environmental Defense fund that points out the lack of testing of top selling chemicals. This report pointed out that most chemicals have no testing record and no real proof of their safety, yet these are some of the most commonly used substances.

SaferChemicals

Bee Die-Offs Linked to Pesticide Mixtures, Window of Exposure (Beyond Pesticides, 11-3-09)

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION CHEMICALS TESTING
(10 YEARS OF FAILURE)

Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EPA)

EPA’s new endocrine chemical testing is unsound (Environmental Health News) (2009)

Members Raise Concerns about EPA's Screening Program for Endocrine Disruptors (House Oversight and Government Committee) (October 2007)

White House Orders EPA to Move on Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides without Proper Data  (Beyond Pesticides, 10-21-09)

Biomonitoring Study Detects Toxic Chemicals in Health Care Professionals (Beyond Pesticides, 10-13-09)