"House Panel Approves Toxic Chemical Safety Bill"

"The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a toxic chemical safety bill on a nearly unanimous vote on Wednesday, clearing the bill to hit the House floor by the end of the month.

The TCSA Modernization Act would overhaul the federal Toxic Substances Control Act for the fist time in decades. The bill would force the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate chemicals in consumer goods and quickly issue risk management regulations on them. Those rules would apply nationally, but the bill also gives states the chance to issue their own regulations.

Manufacturers would also be allowed to petition the EPA to issue a ruling on the safety of the chemicals in their products."

Devin Henry reports for The Hill June 3, 2015.