Toxics & Chemicals

 

It is widely acknowledged that due to a lack of strong federal policy, the health and environmental effects of the vast majority of approximately 80,000 industrial chemicals in commercial use in the United States are largely unknown. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that 85% of new chemical notices submitted by companies lack data on health effects, and 67% lack health or environmental data of any kind. The EPA also estimates that the United States

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Toxics & Chemicals Votes

Year Bill # Description Assembly Senate Governor
2015 SB 185 Coal divestment
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2015 AB 888 Removing ugly plastics from beauty products (2015)
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2015 AB 356 Oil & gas groundwater monitoring
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
No Action
No Action
2015 SB 248 Oil and gas extraction chemicals—underground injection
No Action
No Action
Good
Good
No Action
No Action
2014 SB 1019 Labeling toxic couches
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2014 SB 1381 Know what's in your food
No Action
No Action
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
2014 SB 812 Stronger oversight of hazardous waste
Good
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
2014 SB 1132 Fracking moratorium
No Action
No Action
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
2014 AB 1699 Removing ugly plastics from beauty products (2014)
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
2013 AB 127 Reducing toxic fire retardants in building insulation
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2013 AB 711 Protecting wildlife from toxic lead ammunition
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2013 SB 665 Holding oil companies accountable for drilling damage
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2013 AB 669 Protecting water supplies from fracking
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
No Action
No Action
2012 SB 1054 Tell your neighbor if you're fracking
No Action
No Action
Bad
Bad
No Action
No Action
2011 AB 1112 An ounce of prevention
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2011 AB 1319 Big step in baby health
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
2011 AB 591 Don't frack with our water
Good
Good
No Action
No Action
No Action
No Action
2010 AB 234 To boom, or not to boom?
Good
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
2010 SB 1100 Battery EPR bill shorts out
No Action
No Action
Good
Good
No Action
No Action
2010 AB 1343 Painting the roses green
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
 
 

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