Washington DC -Clean Water Action welcomed progress in the debate over federal management of chemicals with today's introduction of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-IL). The legislation would overhaul the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, widely agreed to be out of date and ineffective.

"The dramatic increase in health problems associated with toxic chemical exposure and renewed concern over chemicals in drinking water tell us that it is time to get serious about identifying problem chemicals and getting them out of products and out of the environment," said John DeCock, Clean Water Action President."

Washington DC -Clean Water Action welcomed progress in the debate over federal management of chemicals with today's introduction of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-IL). The legislation would overhaul the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, widely agreed to be out of date and ineffective.

"The dramatic increase in health problems associated with toxic chemical exposure and renewed concern over chemicals in drinking water tell us that it is time to get serious about identifying problem chemicals and getting them out of products and out of the environment," said John DeCock, Clean Water Action President."

Today, Clean Water Action urged aggressive action to prevent pollution in the wake of new information about manufacturers dumping drugs into America's waters.

The Associated Press issued an update on its ongoing PharmaWater investigation of drugs in drinking water. The report found that at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals have been released into our waterways and now contaminate the drinking water of at least 51 million Americans, though "[m]ost cities and water providers do not test."