Document 5b4yB4YqXMgj3VXJdEDd22qxR

t r*\C . * ;.'.> i - `f?r. ` *' V .A'r;*'-';.! .-=? - &.V The^Miington Sfcar*^ rw!" 'x *w . MMtmg.AMor ' Mtaxn aown. TUtSOAr. AUGUST 10,1976 v Toxic substance control l/,". *" At the risk of oversimplification, th* issue be ' . they died in cocfcrmcc because tbs two bodies fore th< House this week ujt fh Toxic Sub- . couldn't resolve the differences. The ScttS'u atsnce* Control Act * whether we're mors Inter- paiMd a bill as>m ibis year nnd a similar ssr,bi- cstol in killing injects nr finding n saw wrinkle ; ure Is scheduled to come before the House dun In meat packaging than we arp lit pratoctioff 1 V week. bumnrtafrmu chemical cnnf*inmatiw. Hie bill would give the EnvirwsmearaJ Prc-tcc* It Juwn't scent especially difficult in these ": fion Agency authority to reauire testing of day* of advanced science to put together come' ' potgeutialty dangerous ehemkal sulirianccs and cbenrica's to woke a iuprr insect teller -- K*. mixtures il it appears that they tsny caum or i*on*\ for example- The problem, a Virginia contribute significantly to an unrctixortcbl* brail ft <>fficklJ have discovered, i* getting rid of health rllt or if there Will be a oobitantis! thr shelter the sterilir-ulion, or worse, la the human or environmental exposure to n vib-/ vi kers wlio come in contact with the stuff. MAttoe about which there is us<ul04uate tuformw it `t.n'1 |-y> difficult c:hrr, tp_fnmr u*> wjrtt s.-imaAECJuisSjauialx^.ia yr:bioer3C. that nifjgf* sw*?I| mvajjurnJIEjr*- *wl*wny cor tittere wngV~mjuiy oTfcr Trfa;ti-c ttyms'TH'ct.'inimMl we.; ~fl;c tni?%V; to v"?yTgcrt`V*y wJrtec^Jtotnjset- nrs'caricVr wTtTtc recy'rfrTwftdliPii ifcc ub- #Tj)ViT!rt*J Itttip s'lbwtTy TTifcr: irfbTiiifi.'ilijtg the Kale fumes it fbocar ttiey iV ill j>3fl>cn* to fcViTrftPK^tnd to h*;sy thsibairiiiergcr-eoTiaunigr from the piinloTtia ilrcr o.ljiu be reiiyvinyl cbwiqc'reistcti. ~ According to the Etwrebmeotsl Protection Ajjrncy. there are today mere than 2 million dif* femnt krytwa chemicals, a list that grows by an CMlmaivU 25,000 each year. There are more than jo.ooo chemicals in actual evnimercial produc tion and about i.ooo being added etch year; end precious little is known about the effects of most uf them on U> health of people. , lion fi> determine if if i* *sf. Tbe hill would require 9 tusnufaci'-xer tn slrr EPA 9f) day* nrttec Ixicrc becinnuu; cusw:m eini production of a new chrrticnl rr Nwmx-rt^ a significant pew uw of n existiiu: ch-5Uii :cil. if there is reason o believe that an a*v reesonsble nrk to health r the eortrcwrivT:: i? ldvotved, F-PA con prohibit or limit msuufoc. turev require labeling aad specify disposal inetb* 0d*. If citisens beteve EPA 1* fnlli/ic down nr. the jcb. t?wy rwld fcting suit* to requirecomphaw* with the tctfUiafiwi. They plso enuid pe-!i;!.vj F-PA to require trsfine or take scuoq ageinst chemical* believed to be hAzanktta. Cbcaslco! prodgicers ouinpUUi that the legisla tion l* unnecessary, intlerinnar? end will M-fic pn.'Crow. That it wnut-1 place nddltcial hufiicns and emit on tbe rtuunka) industry If. ji:*1*sr*i;T i- bi. but they are (under* And cost* (hot the . legislation to put firmer cooircl* over the industry and the public ouebt >o be wUUng *o t>^* manufacture of toxic substances ha* been hick- ctp ina around in the Cerates* fi>r five yenm. Twice We'd reltwjr err on the Ride uf puulion ili.m v Ut Senate and tbe House have passed bills but poison tbe corirtituuoflt lo tbe oanic of ucc 007837