Recently, consumers have become increasingly aware of the potential risks posed by some of the chemicals in the products we use every day, and a few chemicals in particular have gotten a lot of attention. Consumers may be choosing baby bottles made with without bisphenol a (BPA), or perhaps looking for cosmetics that are paraben-free, but these are just the chemicals we know about– the ones that are in the news. What about all the others that haven’t made the headlines?

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A recent health report, entitled “The Health Case for Reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act, “ issued by Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, and co-released by the American Nurses Association, provides evidence that the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has failed to protect the American public from the harmful effects of toxic chemicals.

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