States: Federal toxics laws too weak

By ConnPolitics.tv Staff on Dec 2, 2009 | In News | 3 feedbacks »

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – Environmental officials in Maine and a dozen other states say federal laws to protect the public from toxic chemicals are too weak and states instead are leading the way.

A joint statement released Wednesday asks for changes in national environmental laws so they will protect vulnerable populations by identifying and regulating the most troubling chemicals in consumer items and elsewhere.

Maine Environmental Commissioner David Littell says the effects of exposure to toxic chemicals are enormous and often avoidable.

The states say they are the leading innovators in regulating toxics. Maine and Washington, for example, have policies to promote safer chemicals in children’s products and prioritize hazardous chemicals.

The other states signing the statement include California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Vermont.

Comment from: Passing Thru [Visitor] Email
States Rights! Isn't that the way we were set up in the first place?
12/02/09 @ 17:40
Comment from: GLENNA MACDONALD [Visitor] Email
Get the beam out of your own eye before you try to get the sawdust out of your brothers eye so you can see clearly.
Then you can help your neighboring states.
The Government is big enough now.
Are each states of this union so helpless that they need someone/a possy in washington to say don`t poision the children with chemicals.
Talk to the Governors of each state.
Give them something else to think about instead of an excuse to raise taxes.
Like our children are being poisioned by chemicals.
Hold the Governors responsible for poisioning the children and see them turn into Mr.Clean,instead of some dummy that needs washington to come up with more laws.First things first, with the insurance that these poor little children are getting medical attention for their illnresses from the chemicals.
Then prevent,the rest of the children in washington from getting chemically poisioned.
Washington can learn for themselfs from the other states in the union how to run things.Chemically speaking!
~Peace Glenna~
12/02/09 @ 20:09
Comment from: Hosed By The System [Visitor] Email
YES states may be "leading" the way......one of this country's problems is we have 50 different economies basicly competing against eachother.......... most of this country's products come from "over seas" like the biggest culprit "CHINA"........ that friggin country can care less about "safety" on any level....you have to stop crappy products from coming INTO this country, but actually DO something...not worry about how that country MIGHT NOT "trade" with you, like we do now....

MAYBE we can start AGAIN to produce some of these " defective" products that are now made mostly in country's like CHINA, back HERE and get back the JOBS that we have lost to this pathetic belief in "globalization"..........

on the surface these states SEEM to be doing the right thing...if you look at business's in those states you will STILL see products that are not to par...check the "dollar" stores....not for nothing, but we shouldnt have to buy a damn toothpaste made in CHINA in this country......look at the wallboard crap...MORE garbage from CHINA, costing Americans MILLIONS of dollars to correct and making people sick.....
12/03/09 @ 07:57

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