House Set To Resist Senate Push To Ban Plasticizers In Cpsc Bill

摘要

Key House lawmakers,including House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI),are likely to resist efforts by Democratic senators to ban Bisphenol-A (BPA) and phthalates- two key plasticizer chemicals-in legislation to reform the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC),which is pending before a House-Senate conference committee. House resistance to banning individual chemicals could crimp Senate Democrats' efforts to pressure EPA and industry officials to strengthen controls on toxic chemicals or Congress will step in with legislation beefing up the Toxic Substances Control Act.