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Jun 2016
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Finally, a safer chemical law

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By EDF Blogs

Congress recently passed, by an overwhelming bipartisan majority, the most important environmental legislation in two decades. The Lautenberg Act, which the president signed into law on June 22nd, finally overhauls a broken chemical safety system that has left all Americans unprotected from toxic chemicals.

Click the link below to learn what it means for our health and how EDF’s bipartisan strategy helped lead to this landmark legislation—and find out what we’re doing to put the law into action.

Featuring
Dr. Sarah Vogel, Vice President, Health Program, EDF
Dr. Richard Denison, Lead Senior Scientist, EDF
Dominique Browning, Co-Founder and Senior Director, Moms Clean Air Force

This teleconference call was recorded on Monday, June 27, 2016, 2:00–3:00 pm Eastern

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